Pattern:
Hook: Dry Fly (14 or 16)
Thread: Olive
Tail: Dark Dun Ultra Fibbets
Body: Olive Super Fine Dubbin
Wing: Dark Dun CDC
Instructions:
- Begin thread at eye and wind back to tail tie in. Do not trim tag end of thread!
- Measure fibbets (slightly longer than body) and tie in with two pinch wraps.
- Bring tag end up and through fibbets and pull forward along shank to split tail.
- Tie in tag end with fibbets and trim.
- Advance thread to wing position.
- Tie in two CDC feathers, first on far side, second on near side.
- Trim butts and tie down, bring thread to tail.
- Create tapered dubbin noodle and wrap body.
- Using dubbin noodle, wrap in front of wings to lift them to vertical, then use dubbin to split wings with x-wraps.
- Neaten up head with thread wraps.
- Whip finish & cement.
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