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Carlson's Copper Haze

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Classic Recipe

  • Hook standard dry-fly hook (e.g. TMC 100), 12-16
  • Thread Copper/rust or black 8/0 (70 denier)

Materials

  • Tail Brown or Coq de Leon microfibetts, split (6 fibers)
  • Body Copper-colored floss or wrapped silk (as needed)
  • Wing post White calf or poly fiber (1 clump)
  • Hackle Grizzly/brown, parachute (1 feather)
  • Thorax Rust/copper-brown dubbing (1 pinch)

How to tie it

  1. Tie in a white parachute post upright at the 65% mark and split a brown/Coq de Leon tail one shank length at the bend.
  2. Wrap a copper-colored floss/silk body from the bend forward to the post for a rusty, translucent segmented look.
  3. Wind a grizzly/brown hackle parachute-style around the post base, 4-5 turns.
  4. Dub a rust-copper thorax around the post base to fill and lock the hackle.
  5. Whip finish behind the eye and cement the post base.

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