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Red Light Wet Fly

Wet Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

• Hook Wet fly / down-eye, 12-16
• Thread Red 70 denier

Materials

• Glass seed beads Red, small (3-4 (body))
• Dubbing Peacock or red-brown dubbing (thorax)
• Hen hackle Brown or furnace hen hackle (1 feather)
• UV resin Clear uv resin (body coat)

How to tie it

1. Start red thread behind the eye and run it to the bend.
2. Thread 3-4 small red glass beads onto the shank, slide them back to form a short translucent body, and lock them front and back with thread.
3. Dub a thin peacock or red-brown thorax in front of the beads.
4. Tie in a brown or furnace hen hackle by the tip, take 2 soft turns, and sweep the fibers back.
5. Form a small head, whip finish, and add a thin UV coat over the glass beads.

Tying videos

• Red Light Wet Fly — Savage Flies (YouTube)
• Red Light Wet Fly — tightlinevideo (YouTube)
• Red Light Wet Fly — Davie McPhail (YouTube)

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