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Double Decker

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook standard dry/emerger hook, 12-16
  • Thread Black 8/0 (70 denier)

Materials

  • Rib Fine wire (fine silver or gold wire)
  • Body Olive or black material (seal-fur substitute or fine dubbing)
  • Rear deck Natural case (clump of deer hair)
  • Front deck Natural case (second clump of deer hair)
  • Hackle Grizzly hackle (one grizzly hackle (optional))

How to tie it

  1. Mount the hook and run a thread base to the bend.
  2. Bind in the wire rib, then dub a slim body forward over the rear half.
  3. Stack a clump of deer hair and tie it in at the midpoint as an upright, fanned rear deck, tips angled back, then trim the butts.
  4. Counter-wrap the wire rib through the body in 4-5 open turns and tie off.
  5. Dub a short thorax, then tie in a second deer-hair deck angled forward over the eye to form the front tier.
  6. Wind an optional turn or two of grizzly hackle between the decks, whip finish behind the eye and snip.

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