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Flash Spinner BWO

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Standard dry-fly hook, 18-22
  • Thread Olive/gray 8/0 (70 denier)

Materials

  • Tail Dun microfibbets (3-4, split)
  • Abdomen Olive-gray dubbing or thread (slim)
  • Wings Pearl Krystal Flash (few strands, spent)
  • Thorax Olive-gray dubbing (small pinch)

How to tie it

  1. Mount the dry-fly hook and start thread.
  2. Split 3-4 microfibbet tails at the bend, one shank length, forked wide for a spent stance.
  3. Dub a slim olive-gray abdomen forward to the 60% mark.
  4. Tie a few strands of pearl flash across the hook in a figure-8 to set spent wings flat to each side, then trim them even.
  5. Dub a small thorax over the wing base to lock the figure-8.
  6. Whip finish and add a tiny drop of cement.

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