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KJ's Foam Daddy

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Long-shank dry hook, 10-12
  • Thread Brown 8/0

Materials

  • Foam strip Tan fly tying foam (thin strip, body)
  • Pheasant tail fibers Natural pheasant tail fibers (6, knotted legs)
  • Deer hair Natural deer hair (small tuft, wing)
  • Foam Orange foam strip (small square, sighter (optional))
  • Hackle Brown hackle (3-4 turns)

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.

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