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Biot Mayfly Emerger

Emerger · Trout · Grayling · Advanced · 3 versions

As tied by TroutFlies

  • Hook Daiichi 1130 curved nymph (caption), 16
  • Thread Fluorescent shell pink 70 denier

Materials

  • Tail Antron, golden brown (about half a rope)
  • Body Turkey biot, rusty spinner, top half-inch snipped off
  • Thorax SLF Prism dubbing, chocolate brown
  • Wing case Wood duck or mallard fibers, about 6 to 8
  • Flash Small Pearl Tinsel

How to tie it

  1. Start the fluorescent shell pink thread and wind it back to the bend.
  2. Tie in about half a rope of golden-brown Antron as the tail.
  3. Snip the top half-inch off a rusty spinner turkey biot (that part is brittle) and tie it in.
  4. Bring the thread forward, then wrap the biot up the body to give a segmented look; tie it off and snip the tag.
  5. Tie in a piece of small pearl tinsel.
  6. Tie in about 6 to 8 fibers of wood duck or mallard, taking care not to cut the eye.
  7. Make a thin, short dubbing rope of chocolate brown SLF Prism and dub a small thorax, keeping bulk down.
  8. Split the duck fibers and bring half down each side as legs / emerging wings; take the pearl tinsel straight over the top down the middle to look like a wing case, tie it in and snip it.
  9. Whip finish, building up a small head, and put a drop of head cement on the thread wraps.
  10. Trim the legs to about the body length, and trim the tail to about half the length of the body.

Other versions

2 more in the app: Biot Emerger, as tied by Charlie's Fly Box, As tied by TroutFlies (2).

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