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Emerger PMD-Beadhead

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Note: This recipe has not been verified against a documented source, or disagrees with one. Treat the materials and steps as unconfirmed.

TroutFlies dressing

  • Thread UTC - Fl. Shell Pink 70 Denier

Materials

  • Tailing Antron - Golden Brown
  • Body Turkey Biot - Rusty Spinner
  • Thorax SLF Prism - Chocolate Brown
  • Wing Case Wood Duck/Mallard Feathers
  • Flash Small Pearl Tinsel

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 sparse amber shuck about half a shank long.
  3. Bind in the copper wire, then dub a slim pale yellow-olive abdomen to the 60% mark.
  4. Counter-wrap the rib in 4 open turns and tie off.
  5. Tie in a short light-dun CDC wing bud over the bead.
  6. Dub a plump amber thorax around the wing base up to the bead and whip finish.

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