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Brassie

Nymph · Midge · Trout · Grayling · Beginner · 5 versions

Classic Recipe

  • Hook Standard midge, 18-22
  • Thread Copper wire (no thread)

Materials

  • Body Copper wire (wrapped)
  • Head Peacock herl (2 wraps)

How to tie it

  1. Mount the hook. Wrap copper wire in tight, touching turns from the bend to the 75% mark. The wire is body, weight, and segmentation in one. Trim the tag ends by wiggling, not cutting, to save your scissors.
  2. Start thread at the front, tie in a peacock herl, and wrap 2-3 turns for a small, buggy head.
  3. Whip finish behind the herl.

Substitutions

  • Body instead of Copper wire: Red wire — Red Brassie, bloodworm midge color; Green wire — Green Brassie, olive midge; Silver wire — Flashier, midge pupa look; Gold wire — Warm tone variant
  • Head instead of Peacock herl: Peacock Ice Dub — More durable; Black dubbing — Simple dark head

Other versions

4 more in the app: Fischer's Flies, Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 1, Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 2, Beadhead.

Tying videos

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