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Piette's Dragon Wiggly

Dry Fly · Largemouth Bass · Smallmouth Bass · Panfish · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Standard 2XL dry/hopper hook, 4-8
  • Thread Olive 6/0

Materials

  • Extended body Olive/green 2mm foam (1 wide pre-cut strip)
  • Legs Olive/black barred rubber legs (2-3 pairs Sili Legs)
  • Thorax Olive ostrich herl (pinch dubbing)
  • Indicator post Orange 2mm foam (1 tab)

How to tie it

  1. Lay a thread base over the shank for grip.
  2. Bind a wide olive foam strip on top at the bend and extend it past the hook for the long dragonfly abdomen; segment it with 3-4 open thread wraps, then return the thread forward.
  3. Figure-8 in two pairs of rubber legs on the sides, splayed wide like a dragonfly's.
  4. Dub a chunky olive thorax between and ahead of the legs.
  5. Fold the front foam forward over the thorax to build a broad head/wingcase and lock it down behind the eye.
  6. Post a small orange foam tab for visibility, whip finish, cement and trim the legs and rear foam.

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