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Parachute Callibaetis

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook standard dry-fly hook, 14-16
  • Thread gray 8/0

Materials

  • Grizzly hackle barbs (tail) Grizzly/speckled hackle barbs (small bunch)
  • Fine dry-fly dubbing Gray-tan fine dry fly dubbing (small pinch)
  • Poly yarn (post) Light gray poly yarn (small tuft)
  • Dry-fly hackle Grizzly hackle (1 feather)

How to tie it

  1. Start the thread and tie in an upright light gray post at the 65% mark, collaring its base.
  2. Tie in a speckled grizzly tail at the bend, one shank length long, to suggest the callibaetis' banded tails.
  3. Dub a slim gray-tan body from the bend to the post.
  4. Tie a grizzly hackle in at the post, shiny side up.
  5. Dub a small thorax around the post base and up to the eye.
  6. Wind the hackle parachute-style in 4-5 turns and tie off against the post.
  7. Whip finish at the eye and add a tiny drop of cement, keeping it off the hackle.

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