A popular fly in the United Kingdom this fly is equally at home early and late in the season in Australia. We don’t have any burgundy coloured hoppers that I am aware of but this buggy looking fly often works when the first and last of the seasons terrestrials are around. Whilst not a strong floater this fly ticks all the boxes for those that want an enticing fly that will sit in the surface film.
Materials
| Hook |
Thread |
Body |
Rib |
Legs |
Hackle |
| Knapek W or D in size #10 to #14 |
Black |
Claret seals fur |
Silver holographic tinsel |
Pheasant tail fibres |
Furnace or brown |
Process
| A |
- Wind the thread in touching turns to the bend of the hook.
- Tie in a length of silver holographic tinsel.
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| B |
- Dub an acorn shaped body along the rear 3/4 of the hook shank.
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| C |
- Wind the holographic tinsel forward along the body forming 4 or 5 uniform segments on the body.
- Trim the excess holographic tinsel off.
- Using a piece of Velcro tease out the dubbing creating a bit of a halo around the body of the fly.
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| D |
- Make up 4 sets of legs. Each set of legs should consist of 3 Cock Pheasant tail fibres knotted about a hook length from the tip.
- Tie 2 sets of legs on each side of the front of the body with the knots ion the legs being roughly over the back of the hook.
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| E |
- Tie in a hackle by the butt directly in front of the body of the fly.
- Wind the thread forward to just behind the eye of the hook.
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| F |
- Wind the hackle forward in touching turns.
- Lock the hackle in place by taking a couple of firm turns of thread.
- Build up a neat head of thread.
- Whip finish the thread, trim the thread and varnish the head.
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August 6, 2011 | 
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