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Royal Para Wulff Dry Fly

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook standard dry-fly hook, 10-16
  • Thread Black 8/0

Materials

  • Wing post White calf hair (1 clump)
  • Tail Moose body hair (or brown) (1 small bunch)
  • Body Peacock herl / red floss / peacock herl (banded)
  • Hackle Brown and grizzly hackle (1 each)

How to tie it

  1. Start thread, stack white calf hair, and tie in a single upright post at the 70% mark; post the base with thread turns.
  2. Wrap to the bend and tie in a bunch of moose body hair (or brown hackle fibers) as a tail, one shank long.
  3. Build the royal body: a peacock ball, a red floss band, then a peacock ball, up to the post.
  4. Tie in one brown and one grizzly hackle at the base of the post, shiny side up.
  5. Wind both hackles parachute-style around the post, 4-5 turns, and secure them under the post.
  6. Whip finish behind the eye, trim the post to one shank height, and cement the base.

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