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Smoke Jumper Emerger

Emerger · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Tyer Recipe

  • Hook Curved emerger hook, #16-20 (tied on a #16)
  • Thread Olive 14/0

Materials

  • Shuck Mayfly brown (A very small clump of Zelon)
  • Rib Copper wire (Small wire)
  • Body Olive tying thread (Tying thread)
  • Wing/wing case Natural gray wing/wing case (One CDC puff)
  • Thorax Peacock superbright dubbing (Superbright peacock dubbing (or peacock herl))

How to tie it

  1. Start the olive 14/0 thread leaving a little room behind the eye and wrap back to the bend.
  2. Tie in a very small clump of mayfly brown Zelon at the bend, clip the forward butts off, and trim the shuck very short so it is just a tag past the bend.
  3. Tie in a length of small copper wire, keeping it on your side of the hook, then run the thread up and back to build a smooth olive thread abdomen.
  4. Wrap the copper wire forward in four or five evenly spaced turns to the 70% point; tie off and trim.
  5. Tie in a CDC puff at the 70% point with the tips facing back, extending a little past the bend, using a couple of gathering wraps; clip the forward butts off in one smooth cut and check that it is locked in.
  6. Spin a small noodle of superbright peacock dubbing and wrap the thorax forward, leaving a small gap behind the eye.
  7. Pull the CDC tuft forward over the thorax, take a couple of wraps to secure it, come underneath, back over the top and underneath again.
  8. Finish with a couple of half hitches, cut the thread and tidy up any stray dubbing fibers.

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