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Red Tag

Dry Fly · Trout · Grayling · Beginner · 2 versions

Classic Recipe

• Hook Standard dry fly, 12-16
• Thread Black 8/0

Materials

• Tag Red wool (short tuft)
• Body Peacock herl (full)
• Hackle Furnace or brown hackle (full collar)

How to tie it

1. Tie red wool tag at bend
2. Wrap peacock body
3. Full hackle collar
4. Whip finish

Other versions

1 more in the app: Gregg Dressing (1940).

Tying videos

• Red Tag — Troutlore (YouTube)
• Red Tag — Tim Flagler (Tightline Productions) (Orvis News)

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