FLY
Wet Fly
Old Blue Dun
Tied by Christian Andrews
Old Blue Dun recipe
| Hook | #12 - 14 heavy |
|---|---|
| Thread | Primrose yellow |
| Tail | three barbs - rusty dun rooster / cock hackle |
| Rib | one strand of 3 ply yellow buttonhole twist |
| Body | muskrat fur in a dubbing loop with thread showing at beginning of loop at tail |
| Hackle | rusty dun hen |
About this fly
a Jim Leisenring fly from the recipe in The Founding Flies by Mike Valla Leisenring was quite particular about the ingredients in his flies… the example is tied with twisted yellow thread and not buttonhole twist
What the Old Blue Dun imitates
- Mayfly dun (adult dry) (dun)
Tied for: Trout (general)
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
