Mayfly spinner (imago)

Dry Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #10 – 14 dry

Thread: tan (or choice)

Materials-

tail: duck feather fiber or moose mane or havelina

body: dubbing

wing: hackle tips

hackle: dark dry fly (1.5 hook gap)

Notes:

From The Basic Manual of Fly-Tying by Fling and Puterbaugh

Lay down a thread base
Tie in a lump of dubbing at the hook bend (used to spread the tail fibers)
Tie in tail fiber, one on each side of the hook shank split by the dubbing lump; clip extra fiber
Wrap the body with a thin dubbing noodle; leave at least to eye lengths behind eye for wings and hackle>
Tie in two wings leaning back over the hook shank; wrap behind the wings to get them to stand up; clip off stems; X wrap over the wings to get them to lay flat away from the hook shank
Tie in the hackle behind the wings; wrap twice behind and two to four time in front of wings; tie off and clip Wrap head; whip finish; head cement