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Dark Back Emerger

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.

Charlie's Fly Box dressing

  • Hook Tiemco 2487, 16-20
  • Thread Rusty Brown UTC 70

Materials

  • Tail Pheasant tail
  • Rib X-Small Copper Wire
  • Body Brown Hareline Dubbing, Beaver Dubbing or Superfine Dubbing
  • Back White 2mm Foam

How to tie it

  1. Mount the hook and start thread at the bend of the curve.
  2. Tie in a sparse trailing shuck of Zelon about half a shank long.
  3. Tie in the dark shellback material at the bend, then dub a slim tapered abdomen forward to the 65% mark.
  4. Pull the dark shellback forward over the abdomen and bind it down to form the contrasting dark back.
  5. Tie in a short CDC puff wing standing up at the thorax.
  6. Dub a small dark thorax around the wing base.
  7. Whip finish behind the eye and snip. The fly should hang in the film with the shuck below.

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