Paraloop Emerger, tan |
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Hook: | Partridge Klinkhammer #20 |
Thread: | TMC 16/0 charcoal grey |
Abdomen: | Superfine dubbing, tan, rope-dubbed |
Thorax: | Squirrel SLF, natural grey |
Wing: | Whiting Silver Badger, from a Silver Saddle skin |
Note: I use Whiting's Silver, Speckled and Golden badger hackles on all my hackled emerger patterns. An emerger is trying to break free, and that is why I don't like too sharp an outline to the pattern. The badger hackles give the fly blurred, fuzzy contours which I think looks more alive and "in motion" than other hackle. Substitute by a grizzle if you wish. Apart from that these saddles are excellent for paraloops. Thin, flexible yet strong stems (essential if you wrap them around a small diameter post, which helps to tie the paraloop down behind the eye) and a high barb count. The barb count is critical too, again because of the small diameter post. |
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