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Wet Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Tyer Recipe

  • Hook Standard wet-fly hook, #10
  • Thread Black 10/0

Materials

  • Saddle hackle fibers (tail and throat) Red saddle hackle fibers (A small bunch for each)
  • Floss (body) Green (dark green) floss (One length)
  • Flat tinsel rib Gold oval tinsel (One strand, extra fine)
  • Mallard flank (wing) Yellow-dyed mallard flank (One fluffy slip)
  • Head cement Clear head cement (A drop)

How to tie it

  1. Start the black thread at the rear of the shank. Pull off a bunch of red saddle hackle fibers and secure them as the tail with a couple of turns, letting the hanging bobbin hold the material in place while you work.
  2. Add the extra-fine gold tinsel with one turn to hold it, then the green floss with one turn to hold it.
  3. Grab all the material butts, lift them up along the shank and bind everything down on top of the hook, then bring the thread forward to the head.
  4. Wrap the green floss forward, smoothing it as you go and continually pulling on it to take the twists out so it lies flat and unlumpy. Tie it off and trim.
  5. Spiral the gold rib forward in even turns, tie off and clip.
  6. Tie in a small bunch of red saddle hackle fibers underneath as the throat.
  7. Tie in a slip of yellow-dyed mallard flank as the wing, left deliberately fluffy rather than smoothed and married, so it moves in the water.
  8. Build a small head, whip finish, and add a drop of head cement.

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