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Red Palmer

Wet Fly · Trout · Beginner · 1 version

Classic Recipe

• Hook Standard wet fly, 1x long, 10-14
• Thread Red 8/0

Materials

• Rib Fine gold wire (fine)
• Body Red wool or seal's fur (dubbed full)
• Hackle Red game (brown) cock hackle, palmered (1)

How to tie it

1. Tie in the gold wire and a red game hackle by its tip at the bend.
2. Dub a full red body forward to just behind the eye.
3. Palmer the hackle forward in 5-6 evenly spaced turns. The full-length hackle is the fly's engine, pulsing in any current.
4. Counter-wrap the gold wire through the hackle to reinforce it, wiggling it so no fibers are trapped.
5. Tie off the wire, whip finish, and pick out a little dubbing between hackle turns.

Tying videos

• Red Palmer — Coastfly (YouTube)
• Red Palmer — BK ‖ Břetislav Kašpar - Fly Fishing & Fly Tying (YouTube)
• Red Palmer — Fast Fly tying (YouTube)

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