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The Fly Library: Wet Flies


By Aaron Leckie

One of the best flies for cutthroat trout and coho salmon.

Materials

Hook: Mustad 9672 #10 Streamer
Thread: Red 6/0 Uni-Thread
Tail: Natural Mallard
Body: Silver or Gold Metallic braid
Wing: Natural Mallard
Wing#2/head: Deer hair

Steps

1.Wrap the tying thread to the end of the hook.

2. Take a small clump of natural mallard feathers and tie them in about 1/2 the size of the hook shank.

3. Tie in the silver or gold metallic braid.

4. Wrap the metallic braid about 1/4 of the hook length before the eye.

5. Tie in another small clump of natural mallard feathers so they just extend past the end of the hook.

6. Cut off a small clump of deer hair.

7. Put the deer hair in the hair stacked and pull out all the unwanted small fibres.

8. Tie in the deer hair so it extends just past the end of the hook and let it spin, extending out all the fibres.

9. Whip finish and cut off the tying thread.

10. Be careful and take your scissors to trim off the long unwanted fibres and build up a neat head.

You now have one of the most effective fry imitation patterns ready for the water.

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