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Bumble

Wet Fly · Trout · Grayling · Beginner · 2 versions

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

Savage Flies dressing

  • Hook wet fly, 8-12
  • Thread Black

Materials

  • Body Yellow and black chenille
  • Wings Hackle tips, grizzly or any light color
  • Hackle Black hackle

How to tie it

  1. Lay a thread base and (optionally) tie in a small golden pheasant tippet tail.
  2. Tie in the oval gold rib and the two body hackles (black and claret) by their tips at the rear.
  3. Dub a claret seal-fur body forward, then palmer the two hackles together up the body and lock them down with the rib counter-wound in 4-5 turns. Two palmered hackles give the buzzing, mobile 'bumble' look.
  4. Wind a blue jay (or blue-dyed guinea) shoulder hackle as a soft collar and sweep it back.
  5. Whip finish a small black head and cement.

Other versions

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