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Parachute Brown Drake

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook 2XL dry-fly hook, 10-12
  • Thread brown 8/0

Materials

  • Moose body hair (tail) Dark moose body hair (3 fibers)
  • Dry-fly dubbing Tan-brown dry fly dubbing (pinch)
  • Poly yarn or calf hair (post) Dark gray poly yarn or calf hair (small clump)
  • Dry-fly hackle 1 grizzly + 1 brown dry fly hackle (2 feathers)

How to tie it

  1. Start the thread and tie in three splayed moose-hair tail fibers at the bend, about one shank length.
  2. Tie in an upright dark post at the 65% mark and collar its base to stand it up.
  3. Dub a plump, lightly segmented tan-brown body from the bend to the post.
  4. Tie one grizzly and one brown hackle in at the post, shiny side up.
  5. Dub a fuller thorax around the post base and up to the eye.
  6. Wind both hackles parachute-style in 5-6 turns and tie off against the post.
  7. Whip finish at the eye and add a drop of cement, keeping it off the hackle.

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