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Brown Spinner

Steen Ulnits
Dry fly
Very easy
  1. Tie3-8 hackle fibers as the tail.
  2. Make the rear body of tying thread.
  3. Tie in a hackle
  4. Turn the hackle 2-3 times.
  5. Dub the thorax. Let it come forward so the long hackle is slightly pushed forward.
  6. Make the thread rib the hackle.
  7. Make a head and whip-finish
grayling
chub
Hook Short shank dry fly like Mustad 3813b, size 14-18
Thread 12/0 rusty brown
Tail Hackle fibres, rusty
Dubbing Fly Rite, rusty brown
Hackle Long fibred cock, dry fly hackle

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