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Smoky Mountain Palmer

Dry Fly · Trout · Beginner · 1 version

Tyer Recipe

  • Hook standard dry fly, 12-16
  • Thread orange 8/0

Materials

  • Body Orange floss (floss or fine dubbing)
  • Palmer hackle Brown or grizzly palmer hackle (1 feather full length)

How to tie it

  1. Start thread behind the eye and lay a smooth base back to the point above the barb.
  2. Tie in a brown or grizzly hackle by its tip at the bend.
  3. Build a slim orange body forward, stopping one eye-length short of the eye.
  4. Palmer the hackle forward in evenly spaced open turns over the body and tie off.
  5. Form a small head and whip finish.

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