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BWO Poxyback

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

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

Flies By Fredo dressing

  • Hook Firehole Sticks 316, 16
  • Thread Yellow and Brown UTC

Materials

  • Tailing Hairline Mayfly Tails
  • Wing/Shuck White Bett's Standard Z-Lon

How to tie it

  1. Mount the curved hook and start the thread at the 75% mark, laying a base to the bend.
  2. Tie in a short split or bunched tail of mallard fibers, half a shank length long.
  3. Dub a slim tapered olive-brown abdomen forward to the 60% mark.
  4. Rib the abdomen with 5-6 open turns of copper wire and tie off.
  5. Tie in the wingcase material at the 60% mark, then dub a slightly fuller thorax to just behind the eye.
  6. Fold the wingcase forward over the thorax, bind it, and add short swept-back legs at each side.
  7. Whip finish, then coat the wingcase with a drop of epoxy or UV resin for the signature Poxyback shine.

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