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Copper John Emerger-Beadhead

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.

Charlie's Fly Box dressing

  • Hook TMC 5262, 12-18
  • Thread Black UNI 8/0

Materials

  • Weight 015 Lead Wire
  • Bead Gold colored Brass or Tungsten, sized to hook
  • Tail Dark Brown Goose Biot
  • Body Wapsi UTC Wire, Color of Choice, sized to hook

How to tie it

  1. Slide the gold bead to the eye, mount the hook, and start thread at the bend.
  2. Tie in a short, sparse amber Antron shuck, no longer than half a shank, to suggest the trailing husk.
  3. Bind in the copper wire and wrap a slim segmented abdomen forward to the 60% mark; tie off and snip.
  4. Tie in a strand of pearl Flashabou pointing rearward for the flashback.
  5. Wrap 2-3 peacock herls into a small thorax up to the bead.
  6. Pull the Flashabou over the thorax and pin it behind the bead.
  7. Tie in a CDC feather by the tip and take one soft turn as an emerging wing/leg collar, then sweep the fibers back.
  8. Build a tiny head and whip finish.

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