Published Sep 1. 2015 - 8 years ago

Brown Spinner

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Brown Spinner

An old, no-fashion dry fly. The one, that GFF partner Kasper tied right after having learned to tie the Red Tag Palmer and the one, that gave him many of his first dry fly experiences some twenty years ago, when it all started for him together with his grandfather.

Spin on here

Originator: 
Steen Ulnits
Pattern type: 
Dry fly
Skill level/difficulty: 
Very easy
Instruction: 
  1. Tie3-8 hackle fibers as the tail.
  2. Make the rear body of tying thread.
  3. Tie in a hackle
  4. Turn the hackle 2-3 times.
  5. Dub the thorax. Let it come forward so the long hackle is slightly pushed forward.
  6. Make the thread rib the hackle.
  7. Make a head and whip-finish
Species: 
brown trout, grayling, chub
Materials: 
Hook
Short shank dry fly like Mustad 3813b, size 14-18
Thread
12/0 rusty brown
Tail
Hackle fibres, rusty
Dubbing
Fly Rite, rusty brown
Hackle
Long fibred cock, dry fly hackle

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