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Callidrangus Callibaetis

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 2 versions

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

Phil Rowley Fly Fishing dressing

  • Hook Daiichi 1530, 12-14
  • Thread Olive

Materials

  • Tail Whiting Hen Cape Fibers, Olive
  • Body Ozark Turkey Quill, Olive
  • Thorax Peacock herl
  • Hackle Whiting Hen Cape, Olive

How to tie it

  1. Slide the copper bead onto the hook, add a few wraps of 0.015 lead behind the bead to lock it, and start the thread.
  2. Build a thin body base and tie in a short, stubby natural pheasant tail tail at the bend.
  3. Tie in the gold Sulky tinsel for the rib at the bend.
  4. Dub a thin, buggy squirrel body up to the thorax, then counter-wrap the gold rib forward and tie off.
  5. Dub a thorax of UV brown ice dub.
  6. Tie in the greenwell hen soft hackle and take one or two wraps as a collar; tie off.
  7. Dub a small shrimp-pink ice dub hot spot in front of the hackle, whip finish, and pick out the pink dubbing.

Other versions

1 more in the app: Fly Fish Food Tie.

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