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Little Yellow Stonefly

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Standard or 1XL dry-fly hook, 14-16
  • Thread Yellow 8/0 (70 denier)

Materials

  • Foam strip (body/underbody) Yellow mm foam (1 strip)
  • Dry-fly dubbing (body) Pale yellow dubbing (pinch)
  • Elk or deer hair (wing) Light dun deer or comparadun hair (small clump)
  • Poly post (indicator, optional) Orange poly yarn (small tuft)
  • Grizzly hackle Ginger or grizzly dry fly hackle (1 feather)

How to tie it

  1. Bind a thin yellow foam strip along the shank from eye to bend, ribbing the thread in 3-4 turns to segment it, and leave a short foam tab past the bend.
  2. Dub a light layer of pale-yellow dubbing to fill the body.
  3. Bring the foam forward over the top to the 70% mark to form the back and tie down.
  4. Stack and tie in a sparse light elk-hair downwing, tips reaching the bend.
  5. Add a short poly indicator post if desired, wrap 2-3 turns of ginger hackle at the thorax, and tie off.
  6. Trim the wing butts square, whip finish, and cement.

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