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RS2

Nymph · Emerger · Trout · Grayling · Beginner · 4 versions

Classic Recipe

  • Hook Standard dry/emerger, 18-24
  • Thread Gray 8/0

Materials

  • Tail Dun hackle fibers (short, split)
  • Body Beaver dubbing (slender)
  • Wing CDC puff (small, single)

How to tie it

  1. Mount hook, lay a smooth thread base. At this size the base is most of the fly.
  2. Tie in two microfibbetts or stiff dun fibers, split into a V. Short, about half a shank length.
  3. Dub the finest beaver noodle you can make and wrap a slender body to the 75% mark. Half the dubbing you think you need, and then a little less.
  4. Tie in a small CDC puff at the wing position, standing up and slightly back. This is the emerging wing bud.
  5. A wrap or two of bare thread in front, tiny head, whip finish.

Substitutions

  • Body instead of Beaver dubbing: Superfine dubbing (gray) — Easier to dub thin; Muskrat dubbing — Similar texture to beaver; Adams Gray rabbit dubbing — Widely available
  • Wing instead of CDC puff: Snowshoe rabbit foot — Floats better than CDC; White Z-Lon tuft — Synthetic, easier to see
  • Tail instead of Dun hackle fibers: Micro Fibbets — Cleaner split tail; Coq de Leon — Stiffer, great markings

Other versions

3 more in the app: Bead, GRAY, OLIVE.

Tying videos

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