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Furimsky's BDE

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Classic Recipe

  • Hook curved emerger/scud hook (TMC 2487), 10-18
  • Thread dun 14/0 14/0

Materials

  • Tail/Extended body Olive or olive-dun Pseudo Hair (fused with Zap-A-Gap) (small clump)
  • Hackle Grizzly dry-fly hackle (1 feather)
  • Thorax Peacock herl (1-2 strands)
  • Wing/Head Gray sparkle emerger yarn or McFlylon (1 clump)

How to tie it

  1. Start thread at mid-shank. Take a small clump of Pseudo Hair, brush Zap-A-Gap along it and let it set to form a stiff extended body, then tie it in so it projects off the bend as the tail/abdomen.
  2. Tie in a clump of gray emerger yarn upright at the thorax as a post wing so the fly is visible on the water.
  3. Tie in a grizzly hackle at the base of the post.
  4. Tie in a peacock herl and wrap a short thorax up to the wing.
  5. Wrap the hackle parachute-style around the base of the post in 4-5 turns and tie off. The parachute hackle floats the fly flush in the film like a struggling emerger.
  6. Whip finish, trim the wing to about a hook-gap high, and cement the head.

Tying videos

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