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Introduction |
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FLY TYING
TUTORIALS OF SMOKY MOUNTAIN
TROUT FLIES
The Brown Hackle Dry Fly
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Introduction |
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| The Brown Hackle Dry Fly is a very old Smokies pattern that is sometimes known as the Ramsey Fly. It is one of the earliest attempts at putting two of the best and easiest to find materials that were available in the mountainous areas of East Tennessee together to catch fish. Peacock herl and brown rooster hackle have been used for many years. To this day, the fish catching qualities of these two materials has never been surpassed. My earliest introduction to these two materials was on an even older wet fly known as the Coachman. This fly is very easy to tie, and you will use these materials again many times. |
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Recipe |
Hook:
Mustad 94831 2X long dry fly hook or equivalent. Thread: Unithread 8/0 black Tail: Golden Pheasant tail tippets Tag: Gold Mylar Tinsel Body: 2-3 strands of Peacock herl Hackle: Brown rooster hackle |
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Step 1 |
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Step 1 |
Place hook in vise. Tie thread onto hook and wrap to the hookbend. |
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Step 2 |
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Step 2 |
Tie in Golden Pheasant tail tippets at the hookbend. |
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Step 3 |
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| Next, tie in golden mylar or crstal flash to form a tag. Start at hookbend and make 4-5 wraps foward. |
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| Now, tie in 2-3 strands of peacock herl. |
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| Wind peacock herl foward to hookeye and tie off. |
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| Wind thread back to the 2/3 point and tie in brown rooster hackle. |
| Step 7 |
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| Wind hackle forward 3-4 turns toward hookeye . Wind thread forward through the hackle and secure. Wind to the hookeye and tie off. Whip finish. |
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Finished fly. Congratulations, our next fly will be the Smoky Mountain Forked Tail. |
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