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Starling and Olive fly pattern tied by Christian Andrews
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Starling and Olive

Tied by Christian Andrews

Starling and Olive recipe

Hook#18 -20
Threadolive
Bodythread, tapered
Ribyellow silk
Thoraxmole, dubbed
HackleStarling

About this fly

Starling and Olive soft hackle fly (spider) using the recipe and ideas from The Soft-Hackled Fly (second edition) by Sylvester Nemes Nothing says one can’t tie this fly larger or smaller, but it is from the section of Nemes’s book that focuses on tiny soft hackles.

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