Again a 'classic' Danish fly. Actually only uses one significant material: a piece of mylar tubing. Body can be covered with yarn or floss to add color. A really good fly for cold or unclear water. Fish deep and slow in the winter.
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Again a 'classic' Danish fly. Actually only uses one significant material: a piece of mylar tubing. Body can be covered with yarn or floss to add color. A really good fly for cold or unclear water. Fish deep and slow in the winter.
| Hook | 2-10, down eye streamer hook. |
| Thread | Red |
| Tail | Split back end of mylar tube |
| Body | Mylar tube over red yarn or dubbing |
| Hackle | Front end of mylar tube, split |
| Head | Tying thread |
- Cover middle part of shank with lead wire (optional).
- Cover shank and lead with red wool yarn ending up with thread at hook bend.
- Remove cotton kernel from a piece of clear mylar tubing 2.5 times shank length and thread over shank.
- Let the back third split and pass thread between the straws.
- Tie the tube in, whip finish and varnish.
- Tie tubing in just behind hook eye and let tubing become split in front too.
- Draw loose straws backwards to form a 'hackle'.
- Tie down and finish off fly.
The red yarn or dubbing is just to give some color. Change it if you want to, or use colored flash tubing.
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