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KJ's Foam Daddy

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Note: This recipe has not been verified against a documented source, or disagrees with one. Treat the materials and steps as unconfirmed.

Fulling Mill Fly Fishing dressing

  • Hook Fulling Mill 1160, 12
  • Thread Brown Sheer 14/0

Materials

  • Body 3mm Brown Foam Tube
  • Legs 6x Knotted Pheasant Tail
  • Wings Red Game Hackle Tips
  • Thorax Hare's ear
  • Hackle Red Game Hackle

How to tie it

  1. Start thread and run to the bend. Bind a thin strip of tan foam in at the bend, wrap thread forward, then fold the foam over and lash it down at the 60% mark to form a segmented over-body.
  2. Knot 6 pheasant-tail fibers each with a single overhand knot for the 'knees,' then tie 3 down each side splayed back and trailing well past the bend. The trailing legs are the fly.
  3. Tie in a small tuft of deer hair as a low wing over the body.
  4. Optional: bind a square of orange foam on top as a sighter.
  5. Wind 3-4 turns of brown hackle through the front, figure-8ing around the leg roots to keep them splayed.
  6. Whip finish at the eye and cement.

Tying videos

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