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Hackle Stacker Quigley

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Classic Recipe

  • Hook Standard dry-fly hook (Tiemco 100 or Daiichi 1180), #14-18
  • Thread Light Cahill / pale yellow 8-0

Materials

  • Tail Light dun Microfibbetts (2, split) (2 fibers)
  • Abdomen Tan marabou (a few barbs, dubbed/twisted) (few barbs)
  • Hackle post Monofilament tippet (3-4X) (1 short length)
  • Hackle Light dun rooster hackle (1 feather)
  • Thorax Superfine dubbing, PMD / pale tan (pinch)

How to tie it

  1. Start the thread mid-shank and lay a base back to the bend.
  2. Tie in two light dun Microfibbetts and split them into a V tail about one shank length long.
  3. Tie in a few barbs of tan marabou at the bend; twist them into a rope and wrap forward to the 60% point to make a soft, gilly abdomen (Bob Quigley used marabou to suggest gills).
  4. Tie in a short loop of monofilament at the 60% point standing up as a post; lock with three wraps, add one more loop and lock it down for a firm post.
  5. Tie in the light dun hackle at the base of the mono post.
  6. Dub a slightly fatter thorax with pale tan Superfine from the post forward to just behind the eye.
  7. Wind the hackle up and around the mono post, 4-6 turns, then fold the mono loop forward over the top of the hackle and tie it off behind the eye so the fibers cradle the body like a parachute canopy.
  8. Trim the mono and hackle tags, form a small head and whip finish.

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