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Bird's Stonefly

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Classic Recipe

• Hook 3x long dry fly, 6-10
• Thread Orange 6/0

Materials

• Tail Moose hairs (short, split)
• Body Orange floss, ribbed with furnace hackle (clipped) (slim)
• Wing Dark elk (flat)
• Hackle Furnace, clipped top & bottom (collar)

How to tie it

1. Tie split tails
2. Wrap floss body, palmer and clip hackle
3. Tie flat wing
4. Clipped hackle collar
5. Whip finish

Tying videos

• Bird's Stonefly — Cal Bird pattern tutorial (YouTube)
• Bird's Stonefly — Jack Dennis pattern tutorial (YouTube)

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