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Rogue Foam Golden Stonefly

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook 2X-long dry (Daiichi 1270), 6-10
  • Thread Tan (fl. yellow for head) 6/0

Materials

  • Foam strip, 3mm Golden/tan foam strip mm (1 hook-gap-wide strip)
  • Krystal Flash (underwing) Gold/root beer flash (few strands)
  • Elk or moose body hair (overwing) Natural deer hair (1 clump)
  • Deer hair (head) Natural/tan deer hair (1 clump)
  • Round rubber legs Black ostrich herl (2 strands)

How to tie it

  1. Lay a thread base over the rear 70% of the shank for the foam to grip.
  2. Cut a hook-gap-wide strip of golden/tan 3mm foam; bind it at the bend, then advance the thread and re-bind every few wraps to build 4 evenly spaced segments, stopping at the 65% mark. Trim the rear foam to a short tag.
  3. Tie in a few strands of gold/root-beer Krystal Flash as an underwing, about body length.
  4. Stack a clump of elk or moose body hair and tie it in as the overwing with tips just past the body; snip the butts.
  5. Figure-8 a black round-rubber strand on each side at the front of the foam body; trim to about a shank length.
  6. Stack a clump of natural deer hair and tie it in reversed just ahead of the body, tips pointing forward over the eye; then pull the butts back over the tie-in to form a bullet head, binding down with fl. yellow thread and leaving the tips flared back as a collar.
  7. Whip finish tight behind the collar and cement.

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