The Dirty White
Published Nov 14th 2008
The light gray and white shades has earned this fly its name
By Martin Joergensen, Ken Bonde Larsen
The Dirty White
The Dirty White uses discrete and light colors combined with a natural light gray mallard front hackle to obtain a subdued but still nice appearance. The combination of yellow, white and light gray makes it a fine fly for bright conditions in clear water.
Danish fly tyer Ken Bonde Larsen has again utilized the winging technique where the wing is tied in in sections separated by flash. Since we want a fly, which is slender and torpedo-shaped there is no hackle between the sections to lift the wing, just a body hackle to add some volume to the rear of the fly.
This fly has a silver metal cone mounted, but you can omit that and tie a plain head or substitute it for a plastic cone or dish where weight is not allowed.
The Dirty White
| Type | Tube fly |
| Originator | Ken Bonde Larsen |
| Year of origin | 2008 |
| Difficulty | Medium |
| Target species | Atlantic salmon (sea run) Steelhead (sea run) |
Materials
| Tube | Half inch clear tube with inner tube (FITS) |
| Thread | White |
| Tail | Pale yellow Antron |
| Rib | Oval silver tinsel |
| Tag | Flat silver tinsel |
| Body | Silver flash dubbing |
| Body hackle | Badger |
| Wing flash | Pale yellow twinkle flash |
| First wing section | Yellow Arctic fox |
| Wing flash | Silver Angel Hair |
| Second wing section | Silver fox - gray tipped |
| Front hackle | Mallard, natural |
| Cone | Flat silver dish |
Tying instructions
See the pictures below
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+  Step 1 - the tube |
+  Step 2 - the tail |
+  Step 3 - folded tail |
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+  Step 4 - trim the tail |
+  Step 5 - ribbing |
+  Step 6 - flat tinsel |
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+  Step 7 - varnish |
+  Step 8 - tag |
+  Step 9 - body |
