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El Camino

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Curved/2XL dry hook (TMC 200R), #6-#12
  • Thread Black 3/0 monocord

Materials

  • Tail/Legs/Antennae Medium orange barred rubber legs (Several strands)
  • Overbody Cinnamon 2mm thin fly foam (1 strip)
  • Abdomen & Thorax Rusty brown ice dub (As needed)
  • Underwing Pearl midge flash (Few strands)
  • Overwing Orange-dyed elk or deer hair (Small clump)
  • Indicator Orange 1.5mm fly foam (Small tab)

How to tie it

  1. Mount the curved hook, start thread, and tie in a strip of cinnamon foam and a set of rubber legs at the bend so the legs form a tail.
  2. Dub a rusty brown abdomen forward to the 60% mark, then pull the foam over the top and bind it down to form the first foam segment.
  3. Set a pair of rubber legs at that tie-down point, angled out to the sides.
  4. Dub the thorax, lay pearl midge flash over the back reaching the end of the body, then measure a clump of orange elk from the front of the body to the bend and tie it in as a down-wing.
  5. Pull the foam forward again over the thorax and pin it just behind the eye, leaving a short tab standing up as the orange indicator post.
  6. Add a final pair of rubber legs at the head, whip finish, and trim the legs and antennae to length.

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