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Bedraggled Emerger fly

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As tied by The Feather Bender

  • Hook Mustad C49XSAP, barbless curved, 12
  • Thread Brown Sheer 14/0

Materials

  • Tying thread Sheer 14/0 brown
  • Tail Hares mask guard hairs
  • Rib Copper wire
  • Body Hare, roe deer, Squirrel buggy dubbing blend
  • Post Aero wing fine
  • Hackle Brown and grizzle twisted

How to tie it

  1. Start the thread on a barbless curved size 12 hook.
  2. Tie in a few hare's mask guard hairs as a scruffy tail and trim to length.
  3. Spin the thread clockwise for a round profile and wrap under the tail to lift and spread it.
  4. Tie in 0.2 mm copper wire at the tail base to give weight at the back, taking about three turns of thread over the tail base.
  5. Tie in a small bunch of Aerowing fine for the post and cut the waste at a slight angle for the underbody foundation.
  6. Reinforce the base of the post; it does not need building up the full height.
  7. Split the thread, add the hare, roe deer and squirrel blend and dub the body.
  8. Rib the body with the copper wire and tie it off.
  9. Tie in a brown and a grizzly hackle at the base of the post, clip hackle pliers on both and twist them into a hackle rope.
  10. Wind the hackle rope around the post two or three times, then make a collar in front and tie off.
  11. Remove the hackle tips, add a little tying wax, pull everything back and whip finish.
  12. Trim the post to length as an indicator.

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