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Brown Drake Parachute
Tied by Bryon Anderson
  • Tail: Bleached elk hair
  • Thread: Brown/dun
  • Wing: Calf tail
  • Abdomen: Chocolate brown dubbing
  • Rib: Flourescent yellow floss
  • Hackle: Ginger or cream
  • Hook: Mustad 94840 #8-10
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    Fishing Tips
    Dead drift, after dark. Even when there is not a hatch in progress, I have had fish take this fly enthusiastically. It has also drawn strikes during and just after a spinner fall, which suggests that the long, prominent, split tails make it a passable spinner as well as a dun.
    Bryon Anderson
    Ann Arbor, MI United States

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