SBPatt 0 Report post Posted April 8, 2019 Playing around with dapping flies and found this one on a U.K. forum; kind of an untrimmed Spundun in a perpendicular orientation. Still looking for the proper WOIGO; added a bit more tan to the Rit Old Gold formula and came up a little too dark but it provided a neat shade that might work here as a western March Brown (not that the fish are going to be that particular about it anyway). hook - Dai Riki 300 #10 thread - UTC 140 brown tail - deer hair dyed golden olive (2 1/2 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow, 3/4 Tsp Rit Tan/4 cups water) rib -x-small wire gold body - dubbing ginger body hackle - grizzly dyed golden olive hackle - deer hair dyed golden olive mash barb, start thread and leave it 1 eye width back from the eye clean, stack, measure (hook length) a clump of deer hair trim to length, take 2 soft loops, tighten, spin, trim butts and wrap to bend clean, stack, measure (shank length) a smaller clump of deer hair; tie in tie in rib, wrap to bend dub thread/dub body to wing tie in hackle; palmer rearwards to bend capture tip with rib and continue thru hackle; helicopter end, cover with thread, trim hackle tip push hair back evenly around shank build up head, half hitch x 2, SHHAN Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
