Crane Fly Dry (Daddy Long Legs)

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Detailed instructions for tying a Crane Fly Dry also known as a Daddy or a Daddy Long Legs. For video on knotting pheasant tail legs, visit: https://youtu.be/_11xj1g6Z3Q?si=tL-hoiuRup2o8zVs

Recipe:
Hook: Standard dry fly hook, here, Lightning Strike DF1, size 10.
Thread: Semperfli Classic Waxed, 12/0, rusty brown.
Abdomen: Craft Foam, 2mm.
Legs: Pheasant tail fibers.
Wings: Barred dun hackle feather tips.
Thorax: Superfine dubbing, brown.
Hackle: Barred dun.

Material sources:
Hook: https://collabs.shop/emqfpa
Thread: https://collabs.shop/b1a6js
Abdomen: https://collabs.shop/dfylav
Cutters: https://collabs.shop/dfylav
Legs: https://collabs.shop/ayctsc
Wings: https://collabs.shop/i7gujh
Thorax: https://collabs.shop/ut7hic
Hackle: https://collabs.shop/i7gujh

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