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Dog Pellet

Nymph · Carp · Panfish · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

• Hook Standard wet/nymph hook, 10-14
• Thread Brown 140 denier

Materials

• Body Brown permanent marker (Brown deer hair spun and trimmed round (or brown foam cylinder))
• Underbody Brown permanent marker (Brown dubbing (optional, for the trimmed version))

How to tie it

1. Start thread and lay a base along the shank.
2. Spin a dense clump of brown deer hair at the rear, packing it tight.
3. Spin a second and third clump forward, packing each hard so the body is solid.
4. Whip finish a small head and trim the deer hair into a round-to-oval pellet shape.
5. Keep it drab, compact, and pellet-sized so it sinks slowly like a real feed pellet.
6. Optionally give the trimmed body a light coat of glue to firm it up.

Tying videos

• Dog Pellet — Blue Liner (YouTube)
• Dog Pellet — MD Fly Fishing UK (YouTube)
• Dog Pellet — Mop Fly Productions (YouTube)

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