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Frenchie Soft Hackle

Nymph · Wet Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Jig or standard nymph, tungsten bead, #12-#18
  • Thread Fluorescent pink 8/0

Materials

  • Bead Gold tungsten bead (slotted, sized to gap)
  • Tail Coq de Leon (few fibers)
  • Body Pheasant tail (fibers)
  • Rib Copper thorax stripe (fine wire)
  • Thorax/Hot Spot UV pink material (Ice Dub)
  • Collar Brown partridge (1 feather)

How to tie it

  1. Slide the tungsten bead to the eye and mount the hook, starting thread behind the bead.
  2. Tie in a short Coq de Leon tail at the bend, about a third of a shank long.
  3. Bind in fine copper wire and pheasant tail, then wrap the abdomen forward to the 65% mark.
  4. Counter-rib the copper wire in 4-5 turns and tie off.
  5. Dub a bright pink hot-spot thorax, leaving room behind the bead for the collar.
  6. Wrap a soft partridge collar in 1-2 turns behind the bead and sweep the fibers rearward for movement.
  7. Whip finish behind the bead and add a drop of cement.

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