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Boots Allen: Booty's Mahogany Emerger

The Weekly Fly: The Original Library • 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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