Boots Allen: Booty's Mahogany Emerger
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11m
RECIPE:
Hook: Standard dry fly or emerger hook, size 10 to 16
Thread: Black 6/0 or 8/0
Shuck: Brown ostrich herl
Abdomen: Brown camel dubbing
Ribbing: Fine 5 grain gold or copper wire
Thorax: .5mm closed cell razor foam, tan
Hackle: Brown Rooster
Wing: Dark Gray EP Fibers
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Thread: 3/0 in gray, yellow, green, brown, cream, or orange.
Tail: golden pheasant neck feathers or Amherst pheasant neck feathers.
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RECIPE:
Hook: Any standard dry fly hook, sizes 6 to 10.
Thread: Yellow, orange, green, or red 3/0 flat wax.
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RECIPE:
Hook: TMC 3769, size 18
Wing/Gills: White cdc puff
Head/Bead: Clear glass or tin, copper, or tungsten bead
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Ribbing: Black 8/0 thread
Collar: Peacock herl
