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Harrop's CDC Biot Emerger

Dry Fly · Emerger · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Classic Recipe

  • Hook Firehole Sticks 419 (or Tiemco 2487 curved emerger hook), #16-20
  • Thread Olive 12/0 (Veevus)

Materials

  • Thread Olive Veevus 12/0 (1 spool)
  • Trailing shuck / tail Lemon wood-duck flank fibers (6-8 fibers)
  • Abdomen BWO-olive-dyed goose biot (1 biot)
  • Thorax Olive rabbit dubbing (pinch)
  • Collar Mottled turkey flat dyed olive (1 small section)
  • Wing 2 natural mallard (dun) CDC feathers (2 feathers)

How to tie it

  1. Lay a thread base to the bend of the curved hook. Tie in 6-8 lemon wood-duck fibers as a short trailing shuck about half a shank long, angling down below the bend to imitate the nymphal husk.
  2. Tie in an olive-dyed goose biot at the tail and wrap forward in touching turns to the 60% point for a slim, segmented abdomen.
  3. Stack two natural mallard/dun CDC feathers and tie them in upright at the 60% point as a budding emerger wing, a bit shorter than a full dun wing (about three-quarters shank length).
  4. Dub a sparse olive rabbit thorax behind and in front of the wing.
  5. Tie in a small section of olive-dyed mottled turkey flat and make one or two turns as a soft, sparse collar behind the eye to suggest legs and emerging wings; tie off.
  6. Whip finish and cement the thread.

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