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Captive Dun

Emerger · 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.

Classic Recipe

• Hook Curved emerger, 16-20
• Thread Olive 8/0

Materials

• Shuck Brown Z-Lon (trailing)
• Body Olive dubbing (slim)
• Wing stub Gray poly, clipped short (hunched)
• Hackle Dun, sparse (2 turns clipped below)

How to tie it

1. Tie shuck
2. Dub body
3. Tie short hunched wing stub
4. Sparse hackle clipped flat below
5. Whip finish

Tying videos

• Captive Dun — Charlie Craven (YouTube)
• Captive Dun — In the Riffle (In the Riffle)

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