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Slim Shady CDC Emerger

Emerger · Midge · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Tyer Recipe

  • Hook Firehole 718 (curved emerger/scud hook), #16-22
  • Thread Light brown / tan 8/0 to 14/0

Materials

  • Tail/shuck Brown Antron with wood duck (or wood duck dyed mallard) (A few fibers of each)
  • Body Brown slim thread (One strand of brown Slim Rib over a thread underbody)
  • Emerging wing Tan emerging wing (One TroutHunter CDC feather)
  • Thorax dubbing Pale yellow thorax dubbing (A pinch of Superfine or similar)
  • Legs Tan cdc pulled (CDC fibers pulled down from the wing)

How to tie it

  1. Start the light brown thread behind the eye and wrap a smooth base back to the start of the bend.
  2. Tie in a few brown Antron fibers together with a small pinch of wood duck flank at the bend as a short shuck, about half a shank long; trim the butts and bind them down smoothly.
  3. Tie in a strand of brown Slim Rib at the bend, then build a smooth, slightly tapered thread underbody forward to the 65% point.
  4. Wrap the Slim Rib forward over the thread body in touching turns to the 65% point; tie off and trim.
  5. Tie in a tan CDC feather at the 65% point with the tips pointing back over the body, about one body length long, as the emerging wing; trim the butts.
  6. Dub a sparse noodle of pale yellow Superfine and wrap a small thorax from the wing tie-in forward, leaving room behind the eye.
  7. Pull two or three CDC fibers from the wing down each side as legs and lock them in with a couple of thread wraps.
  8. Whip finish a small head and add a tiny drop of cement.

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