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Foam Post Emerger PMD

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Curved emerger/dry hook, 14-20
  • Thread Pale yellow 8/0

Materials

  • Trailing shuck Amber vinyl rib medium (few Z-lon fibers)
  • Abdomen Pale yellow-olive material (sparse dubbing)
  • Post Hi-vis foam (small foam cylinder, upright)
  • Hackle Light dun hackle (parachute, 3-4 turns)
  • Thorax Pale yellow d rib larva lace (sparse dubbing)

How to tie it

  1. Mount the curved hook and lay a thread base around the bend.
  2. Tie in a short amber Z-lon shuck, about half a shank long.
  3. Dub a slim pale yellow-olive abdomen forward to the 60% mark.
  4. Stand a small hi-vis foam post upright at the 60% mark and anchor it with cross-wraps.
  5. Wind a light-dun parachute hackle around the post base in 3-4 turns.
  6. Dub a small pale thorax around the post, secure the hackle, and whip finish behind the eye.
  7. Trim the foam post to a short, visible nub.

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