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Snipe and Purple

Wet Fly · Trout · Grayling · Beginner · 2 versions

Classic Recipe

• Hook Standard wet fly, 14-18
• Thread Purple 8/0

Materials

• Body Purple silk floss or thread (thin)
• Hackle Snipe body feather (1 turn)

How to tie it

1. Mount hook, wrap purple body. Keep thin
2. Wrap 1 turn snipe hackle
3. Whip finish

Other versions

1 more in the app: Classic Recipe (2).

Tying videos

• Snipe and Purple — Davie McPhail (YouTube)

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