Barr's Emerger BWO Wet

Barr Emerger BWO Wet

Barr Emerger BWO Wet

Recipe

Hook: TMC 2487
Thread: Uni 8/0 Iron gray
Tail: Brown Hackle Fibers
Abdomen: Mixed Olive and brown dubbing
Wingcase: Mirage Flashabou, Blue Dun hackle fibers
Thorax: Adams gray Superfine dubbing
Step 1: Mount your hook in the vise and wrap the thread to the bend of the hook. Then tie in the hackle fibers. Wrap back to mid-shank.

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Step1

Step 2: Mix the olive and brown dubbing and apply a tapered body.

Step 2

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Step 3: Tie in a single Mirage fiber, then a dozen dun hackle fibers by their tips.

Step 3

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Step 4: Dub the thorax.

Step 4

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Step 5: Pull the hackle fibers forward and secure.

Step 6

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Step 6: Tie down the Mirage strand.

Step 7

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Step 7: Separate half the hackle fibers and secure them to the far side of the hook. Then secure the remaining half to the near side. This forms the legs.

Step 8

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Step 8: This shows the legs running along side the hook, not splayed out too widely.

Step 9

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Step 9: Trim the legs and the tail.

Step 10

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Step 10: Finished fly.

Finished Fly

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Step 11: Finished fly, top view.

Step 12

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