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Foam Back Emerger

Midge · Trout · Grayling · 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.

Hopper Juan Ramirez dressing

  • Hook TMC2488, 18-26
  • Thread Semperfli , Dark Brown 12/0

Materials

  • Body Thread
  • Tail Brown CDL Tailing Material or any stiff Hackle or even some Hen Hackle
  • Rib Small or X-Small Copper Wire (optional)
  • Dubbing Superfine Dubbing, Dark Brown
  • Wing Small, White Foam piece

How to tie it

  1. Mount the tiny curved hook and lay a thread base around the bend.
  2. Bind in the fine wire rib and a thread or thinly dubbed slim abdomen up to the 60% mark.
  3. Counter-wrap the wire rib forward in 4-5 evenly spaced turns to segment, then tie off.
  4. Tie in a narrow strip of gray foam at the 60% mark, pointing back.
  5. Dub a small, sparse thorax; use half the dubbing you think.
  6. Pull the foam forward over the thorax to form a buoyant wing-case bump and bind just behind the eye.
  7. Whip finish and trim the foam back to a short tab that floats the head in the film.

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