Epting Hackle

Soft Hackle Wet Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #14

Thread: red

Materials-

rib: black silk thread

body: red: wool, dubbing, yarn

thorax: yellow: floss, wool, yarn

front hackle: brown soft hen with black center (furnace)

Notes:

a fly from Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury as illustrated by Charles Orvis

Lay down thread base
Tie in a length of black silk thread at hook bend
Tie in a length of red yarn and wrap the body or dub the body with red dubbing to 1/3 behind eye
Spiral wrap the black thread over the body; tie off; clip extra
Tie in a length of yellow floss at the eye end of the body and wrap the thorax leaving room for front hackle and head; tie off; clip extra
Tie in the soft hackle by the tip; clip off extra tip; wrap the front hackle; tie off; clip off extra stem
Wrap head; whip finish; head cement

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