Sulphur Dry Fly (Ephemerella invaria)

Sulphur Dry Fly (Ephemerella invaria)

Dry Fly, Mayfly, Mayfly Dun

Tied By Brent Jones

Hook: Lightning Strike Dry Fly DF1, size 14

Thread: Uni 8/0 (Light) LT. Olive

Materials- tail: Wapsi Streamer Rooster (cock) Neck Shad Grey CN1137 (Good substitute for blue dun) body: Wapsi Superfine Dubbing, Amber rib: Uni 8/0 (Light) LT. Olive hackle: Wapsi Hen Neck, Dun HN029 hackle: Blue Dun head: Thread

Notes:

Sulphur Dry Fly (Ephemerella invaria)

the dubbing on this fly was done in reverse. I started at the back of the thorax and dubbed to the tail. This allows me to rib the fly with thread without having to tie in a separate piece or add a dubbing loop. Each rib has 3 turns of thread.