FLY
Jassid
Jassid recipe
| Hook | #14 - 20 dry fly |
|---|---|
| Thread | Black or to match hackle |
| Body Hackle | dark dry fly sized to hook |
| Body | dubbing: any brown, olive, or tan |
| Wing | tip of a feather, originally jungle cock, but any works |
About this fly
a flatwing dry fly by Vince Marinaro with recipe and direction by Ed Story in Missouri Trout Flys: How to Tye and Fish Them (mimeographed 1986) Prepare the flat wing: select out just the tip of a feather and strip stem leaving a wing length of hook shank; trim leaving a tie-in stem; harden feather with head cement or UV resinLay down a thread baseTie in a dry hackle at hook bend shiny side outDub a slender body in color of choicePalmer the dry hackle in spiral wraps over the body; tie in, tie off, and clip extraTrim dry hackle fibers: short on top parallel to body; at an angle on bottom longer under the eye and shorter to the hook bendTie in the wing behind the eye, centered and laying flay on top of the bodyWrap a thread head; whip finish; head cement.
What the Jassid imitates
- Terrestrial (other: bees, flies, dung/hawthorn) (emerger)
Where the Jassid came from
- Described by Vince Marinaro, 1950. Marinaro describes the jungle cock nail over clipped palmer hackle in his own book.Source: Vince Marinaro, A Modern Dry-Fly Code (1950), as quoted by RiverKeeper Flies
- Originated by Vince Marinaro, 1950, Letort Spring Run, Pennsylvania. Developed through trial on Letort trout; named for leafhoppers of family Jassidae.Source: Southern Wisconsin TU – Jassid
Where sources tell it differently, each account is listed with its own source.
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