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Olive Spinner

Dry Fly · Trout · Grayling · Beginner · 1 version

Classic Recipe

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

Materials

• Tail Dun microfibbetts (split wide)
• Body Olive-brown dubbing (slim)
• Wing White poly yarn (spent, flat)

How to tie it

1. Split tails wide
2. Dub slim body
3. Figure-8 poly wings flat and spent
4. Whip finish

Tying videos

• Olive Spinner — Ralph's Fly Box (YouTube)
• Olive Spinner — Friday Night Flies (Friday Night Flies)

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