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Last Chance Cripple

Dry Fly · Emerger · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Classic Recipe

• Hook Standard dry fly, 14-20
• Thread To match 8/0

Materials

• Tail/Shuck Brown Z-Lon (trailing)
• Abdomen Biot to match hatch (wrapped)
• Thorax Dubbing (small)
• Wing Deer hair, tips forward (clump)
• Hackle Through thorax (2-3 turns)

How to tie it

1. Tie trailing shuck
2. Wrap biot abdomen
3. Dub thorax
4. Tie deer wing with tips slanted forward over eye
5. Hackle through thorax
6. Whip finish

Tying videos

• Last Chance Cripple — Rene Harrop (YouTube)
• Last Chance Cripple — Charlie Craven (YouTube)
• Last Chance Cripple — Tim Flagler (Tightline Productions) (Orvis News)

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