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Parachute Extended Body PMD

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook standard dry fly, 14-18
  • Thread pale yellow 8/0

Materials

  • Dry fly hackle Light dun or ginger dry fly hackle (1 feather)
  • Poly yarn (post) White poly yarn (small clump)
  • Microfibbets or extended-body dubbing/foam Pale yellow-olive thorax dubbing (few fibers / small strip)
  • Dry fly dubbing Pale morning dun (pale yellow-olive) (pinch)

How to tie it

  1. Lay a thread base to the bend.
  2. Build a slim tapered pale yellow-olive extended body over a needle or thin foam so it reaches one shank length past the bend, splitting two or three microfibbet tails at the tip.
  3. Bind the body at the bend and advance to the 65% mark.
  4. Stand a white post with criss-cross turns and a front thread dam.
  5. Dub a slim PMD-colored thorax fore and aft of the post; keep it sparse.
  6. Tie in the hackle at the post, take 4-5 turns down the post, and secure.
  7. Sweep the fibers up, whip finish at the eye, and cement the post base.

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