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Emerger Light Cahill-Beadhead

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Curved emerger/scud hook, #12-#16
  • Thread Cream 8/0

Materials

  • Bead Gold bead (1 small tungsten)
  • Shuck Amber vinyl rib medium (Sparse Z-lon)
  • Abdomen Cream/pale yellow material (Fine dubbing)
  • Rib Fine gold (Wire, 4 turns)
  • Thorax Cream semperfli cashmere monkey (Dubbing, plump)
  • Wing bud Light dun/cream wing bud (CDC tuft)

How to tie it

  1. Slide the gold bead to the eye, mount the hook, and start thread at the bend.
  2. Tie in a wispy amber shuck about half a shank long.
  3. Bind in the wire, then dub a pale cream abdomen to the 60% mark.
  4. Counter-wrap the rib in 4 open turns and tie off.
  5. Tie in a short cream CDC wing bud over the bead.
  6. Dub a plump cream thorax around the wing and up to the bead, then whip finish.

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