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Knock Down Dun BWO

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Standard dry-fly hook, 16-20
  • Thread Olive 8/0

Materials

  • Microfibetts Dun microfibetts (2-3, split tail)
  • Superfine dubbing Olive-brown fine dubbing (body and thorax)
  • Snowshoe rabbit-foot hair Dun snowshoe rabbit foot hair (1 clump, wing)

How to tie it

  1. Start thread and run to the bend. Split two or three microfibetts into a 'V' tail one shank long, propping them on a small dubbing ball.
  2. Dub a slim olive-brown abdomen forward to the 65% mark.
  3. Cut, clean, and stack a clump of dun snowshoe rabbit-foot hair; tie it in standing up at the 65% mark as a single wing, tips forward.
  4. Post a few thread wraps around the base, then push the wing to a low, slightly forward 'knocked-down' angle and lock it. This low profile sits the dun flush in the film.
  5. Dub a small thorax fore and aft of the wing to seat it.
  6. Whip finish at the eye and add a touch of cement.

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