Everything but the kitchen sink...
After some experimentation with the pattern I call the Cheap Lazy Bastard, and having read and re-read both LaFontaine’s work and Oliver Edwards’ recent discussions (FF&FT November, 2005), I came up with a pattern I now call the “Miscellanea Emerger.” The idea is based on the idiom of “throwing in everything but the kitchen sink”; however, I couldn’t justify the length of “everything but the kitchen sink” for a pattern name, and someone told me the name Kitchen Sink was already used—so there you have it. I have made an effort to include as many potential trigger aspects of an emerger as I could within reason.
Joe Kissane
Emerger
Easy
- Thread the bead on the hook after pinching the barb.
- Tie on thread.
- Tie on Antron trailing shuck - can be trimmed later to length
- Tie on Antron material for sheath - splitting over and under;
- Tie on peacock herl and tinsel for ribbing
- Dub body of Antron and pull peackock herl across top/back of abdomen or;
- wrap peacock herl abdomen, leaving enough space between bead and abdomen
- for thorax, tie off with thread and trim excess.
- Wrap tinsel rib in opposite direction of body materials, tie off with thread and trim excess.
- Pull Antron sheath forward and sparsely splay around abdomen, tie off and either trim excess, or simply flare backward.
- Tie in centipede legs - may be trimmed to length later.
- Tie in wing case material (pheasant tail, bronze turkey or Antron)
- Tie in 2 strands of ostrich herl
- Wrap each strand of ostrich herl 2-3 times to form thorax - you may wrap between centipede legs to splay them apart. Tie off and trim excess.
- Pull wing case material forward, tie off and trim excess
- Color 4 inches of thread with felt tip pen, whip finish, trim and cement head.
- Trim legs and trailing shuck to appropriate lengths - trailing shuck should be trimmed "ragged."
brown trout
rainbow trout (landlocked)
| Hook | Tiemco TMC 100 or similar, # 10 –16 |
| Thread | White 6/0 Uni-thread or similar – colored olive or brown at head with felt tip pen; |
| Tail | Sparse tan Antron Trailing shuck ¾ length of hook shank; |
| Abdomen | 2-3 strands of peacock herl back over pale olive or green Antron dubbing |
| Rib | Fine gold tinsel; |
| Sheath | Pale olive or tan Antron pupal sheath sparsely covering abdomen; |
| Legs | 3 pairs Montana Fly’s (olive, size “miniâ€) Speckled Centipede 1 Legs, approximately the length of the hook shank.; |
| Thorax | Brown or olive ostrich herl; |
| Wing case | Pheasant, bronze turkey or Antron; |
| Head | Brass or pearl bead. |
