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Arnot's New Age Silver Surfer

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Classic Recipe

  • Hook Barbless dry hook (Fulling Mill Grab Gape), 12-16
  • Thread Black 8/0 (70 denier)

Materials

  • Tail Coq de Leon fibers (1 small bunch)
  • Body Gray/silver-gray Ultra Dry Dub (buggy natural-synthetic mix) (pinch)
  • Wings Gray/dun Ultra Dry Yarn, layered (1)
  • Post Hi-vis Ultra Dry Yarn (1)
  • Hackle Natural gray CDC wrapped around post (1-2)
  • Thorax/legs Gray Ultra Dry Dub (pinch)

How to tie it

  1. Start thread and tie in Coq de Leon fibers as a split tail about one shank length; the Spanish CDC split-wing style relies on these to balance the fly.
  2. Dub a slim, buggy gray Ultra Dry body forward to the thorax.
  3. Tie in layered gray/dun Ultra Dry Yarn wings and erect a hi-vis post.
  4. Wrap CDC parachute-style around the post base for a high, stable float.
  5. Dub a gray thorax around the post to suggest legs.
  6. Whip finish and cement lightly; float only the wing and post.

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