Boots Allen: Tara-X
The Weekly Fly: The Original Library
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16m
RECIPE:
Hook: standard dry fly hook, sizes 4 to 10.
Thread: 3/0 in gray, yellow, green, brown, cream, or orange.
Tail: golden pheasant neck feathers or Amherst pheasant neck feathers.
Body: 1 mm two or single color foam. Dubbing can be used as an alternative. A variety of color can be used.
Hackle: brown or red.
Wing: Siberian brown bear hair or grizzly bear hair.
Head: 2 mm foam – brown, tan, or gray.
Mandible: Ostrich plumes or peacock herl.
Legs: brown rubber, Flexi-floss, Silli Legs, or Spanflex.
Indicator: 2 mm foam.
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RECIPE:
Hook: Dai Riki #135 size 14-16
Bead: 1/8 or 7/64 Orange Fire Bead
Thead: Gray 6/0
Rib: Silver Wire
Shellback: Pearlescent Strip
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