Grouse Hackle
Emerger
Tied By Christian Andrews
Hook: #16 (14 – 18) wet fly
Thread: black silk
Body Parts: tag, rib, body, front hackle
Materials: black silk thread, black silk thread, red: wool, yarn, dubbing, grouse (or brown partrigde)
Notes:
This fly is from the illustration by Charles Orvis in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury
In the attached video, tied on #16 wet hook, but could be tied on a dry fly hook as well
Tie in thread leaving a tag long enough to use as the rib
Create a slender red body: red yarn or dubbing (was mostly like tied by Mary with red wool)
Wrap the thread tag around the hook at the bend behind the body to create a back tag; then spiral wrap the thread over the body as rib; tie off and clip extra
Tie in a grouse soft hackle feather an eye length behind the eye (a brown partridge feather was used in attached video); wrap the hackle; tie off, clip stem
Wrap the head, whip finish, head cement.
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