Shadow Mayfly

HOOK: Dai Riki 300, sized 12-16

THREAD: Gray or brown

BODY: Grizzly hackle, palmered

WINGS: Brown or furnace hackle clipped to shape

Uses

A suggestive mayfly or caddis pattern. The body of palmered hackle creates the illusion of a struggling or active insect. For more information on this fly and similar patterns, see the artice Motion Flies.

How to Fish

Use standard dry fly tactics.

Tying Instructions

1. Debarb hook, place in vise, start thread

2. Tie in hackle and wrap forward

3. Tie in hackle wings. Trim to shape.

4. Whipfinish and trim

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