Blue-Winged Olive Dry Fly
Dry Fly
Tied By Christian Andrews
Hook: #20-24 or smaller dry fly
Thread: olive
Body Parts: tail, body, front hackle
Materials: dark dun hackle fibers, olive dubbing, dark dun dry fly hackle sized to hook
Notes:
Instructions and recipe from Missouri Trout Flys by Ed Story
Lay down base of olive thread
Tie in tail with hackle fibers length of hook shank; NOTE: on a small hook tie in the but end of a sized dry hackle with the hackle hanging off the bend of the hook, pull the hackle back toward the eye and snap off leaving a few fibers for the tail
Dub a fine olive body leaving room for the front hackle
Tie in and wrap front hackle with shiny side toward hook, 3 or 4 wraps
Thread wrap head, whip finish or double half-hitch, head cement.