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Hecuba

Dry Fly · Trout · Beginner · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Standard dry (TMC 100), 10-12
  • Thread Rusty brown 8/0

Materials

  • Coastal deer hair Natural dun deer hair (wing)
  • Z-lon or Microfibetts Amber/dun z lon or microfibetts (shuck/tails)
  • Superfine dubbing Mahogany/reddish brown (body)

How to tie it

  1. Start thread at the 70% mark; stack a clump of dun deer hair and tie it in upright, then fan it in a 180-degree arc across the top of the shank for the comparadun wing, one shank tall.
  2. Wrap thread to the bend and tie in a sparse amber Z-lon shuck (or a few split Microfibett tails), half a shank long.
  3. Dub a tapered mahogany-brown body forward, building a slight bump against the wing base to prop it upright.
  4. Figure-8 dubbing in front of and behind the wing to lock it standing straight up.
  5. Whip finish under the eye and cement.

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