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Brown Comparadrake |
HOOK:
THREAD:
BODY:
WINGS:
TAIL:
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Tiemco 100 Sz.10-12
6/0 Brown
20# Amnesia, Brown Superfine Dubbing
Brown deer hair
Moose body hair
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| Drake fishing season offers some of the best dry fly fishing of the year. Big Brown drakes bring up good fish in the waning sunlight hours. |
Step By Step:
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Start thread. Secure a small piece of 20# Amnesia monofilament as shown. Use some glue to help keep it in place.
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Tie in a few moose body hair fibers and wrap back to the bend. Trim excess.
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This step is tricky. It requires the use of your off-hand to grab the bobbin as you pass it over the body material. Use superfine dubbing and wrap up the body piece, then back down to the hook shank.
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Stack a clump of dyed brown deer hair and tie it in with the tips facing forward as shown. Trim the excess hair at the back.
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Add some more dubbing to the thread and wrap it behind the wing and in front to build up the base. Tie off and whip finish.
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Use your fingers to flare the deer hair in a 180-degree arc as shown.
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Additional Tips/Photos:
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- This pattern works well for both the dun stage and the spinner stage of the Brown Drake mayfly life cycle.
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| Tied by: Chris Hatcher. |
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