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Brown Spinner

Wet Fly · Trout · Grayling · Intermediate · 3 versions

Note: This recipe has not been verified against a documented source, or disagrees with one. Treat the materials and steps as unconfirmed.

Joe Penich Custom Flies dressing

  • Thread UNI-Thread Trico 17/0

Materials

  • Underbody Faux Bucktail White
  • Tails Micro Fibbets, White/ Barred Black
  • Dubbing between tails Ultra Fine Brown Dubbing
  • Body Single strand of Gold Silk Floss
  • Rib Stripped Dyed Gold Peacock Herl

How to tie it

  1. Tie in a sparse tail of rusty brown cock hackle fibers, splayed for balance.
  2. Wind a slim body of rusty brown thread and add a lightly dubbed rusty brown thorax.
  3. Optionally set spent grizzle hackle points flat at the thorax for the classic spinner silhouette.
  4. Wind two to three turns of long-fibered rusty brown cock hackle at the thorax; for a spent presentation trim the underside so the fly rides flush.
  5. Whip finish a small rusty head and cement.

Other versions

2 more in the app: Classic Recipe, Global FlyFisher Recipe.

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