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Double Fat Albert

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook 2XL-3XL dry/terrestrial hook, 6-10
  • Thread Black 6/0 (140 denier)

Materials

  • Body Black ostrich herl (two stacked layers of 2mm black foam)
  • Underwing Pearl anti static bag strip (pearl Krystal Flash)
  • Wing White uni stretch (white poly yarn or EP fibers)
  • Legs Barred rubber legs (barred round rubber, 3 pairs)
  • Overbody Tan carapace (tan foam top layer for contrast)
  • Indicator Orange permanent marker (orange foam sight tab)

How to tie it

  1. Mount the hook and lay a full thread base along the shank.
  2. Bind a doubled strip of black foam along the top of the shank, catching it down with tight thread wraps at three points to segment the fat body, stopping at the 70% mark.
  3. Add a pair of barred rubber legs at each segment point, splayed to the sides.
  4. Tie in a pearl flash underwing and a white poly overwing angled back, tips near the bend, so it reads as a downwing and works as a sight aid.
  5. Fold a tan foam strip forward over the head for a two-tone bullet and bind it at the eye, leaving an orange tab up top.
  6. Add a final pair of legs at the head, whip finish behind the eye and snip, then trim the foam head square.

Tying videos

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