What it imitates
A stonefly or big adult sedge — a proper mouthful.
When to fish it
Fast pocket water in summer, or as a floating indicator for a heavy nymph.
Materials
- Elk hair for tail and wing
- Orange and yellow dubbing
- Grizzly and brown cock hackles
- Fine gold wire
- Orange thread
Steps
- 1
Tie in a short stacked elk hair tail at the bend.
- 2
Dub the orange rear body and palmer a brown hackle over it, ribbed with wire.
- 3
Set an elk hair wing over the body with tight pinch wraps.
- 4
Dub the yellow thorax in front of the wing.
- 5
Palmer a grizzly hackle through the thorax, tie off and whip finish.