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Peter Ross

Wet Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 3 versions

Classic Recipe

  • Hook Standard wet, 8-14
  • Thread Black 8/0

Materials

  • Tail GP tippet (small)
  • Body Rear half silver tinsel, front half red seal fur (two-part)
  • Rib Silver oval (over both)
  • Wing Barred teal flank feather (rolled)
  • Hackle Black hen (beard)

How to tie it

  1. Mount the wet hook and start black thread at the bend. Tie in a small golden-pheasant tippet tail, tips pointing back.
  2. Bind in a length of silver oval tinsel at the bend to hang for the rib.
  3. Wrap flat silver tinsel over the rear half of the shank for the body's back half.
  4. Dub or wrap red seal fur (or substitute) over the front half of the body up to the thorax.
  5. Spiral the silver oval rib forward over both halves in 4-5 evenly spaced turns and tie off.
  6. Tie in a rolled barred teal wing on top, sitting low over the body and reaching to the tail.
  7. Tie a sparse black hen hackle as a beard beneath the throat.
  8. Form a small head, whip finish and cement.

Other versions

2 more in the app: Classic Recipe (2), Gregg Dressing (1940).

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