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Paracripple

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook standard dry fly or curved emerger, 14-20
  • Thread olive or tan 8/0

Materials

  • Dry fly hackle Dun or grizzly rooster hackle (1 feather)
  • Poly yarn (post/wing) Hi-vis (small clump)
  • Hackle fibers or Zelon (trailing shuck) Amber/brown hackle fibers or zelon (small bunch)
  • Dry fly dubbing To match hatch (olive/tan/pmd) (pinch)

How to tie it

  1. Lay a thread base and tie in a sparse amber Zelon or hackle-fiber trailing shuck at the bend, about one shank length long, to suggest the trapped nymphal husk.
  2. Stand a hi-vis post at the 60% mark with criss-cross turns and a front thread dam.
  3. Dub a slim, tapered body from the bend up to the post.
  4. Dub a small thorax in front of the post.
  5. Tie in the hackle at the post and wind 4-5 turns down the post, then secure.
  6. Sweep the fibers up, whip finish at the eye, and cement the post base.

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