Pre-emergent Sulphur
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Fly: Ian Forbes, Photograph: Hans Weilenmann
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Hook: |
To match the natural, usually #18 to #14 Mustad 9671 or similar |
| Thread: |
Color to match thorax |
| Tail: |
Dyed speckled flank feather from duck: teal, mallard or pintail |
| Body: |
Coloured wire to match natural, most often olive or brown |
| Wing: |
Aftershaft feather dyed colour of natural. Orange yellow for sulphur
mayflies. |
| Hackle/Thorax: |
Dyed aftershaft feather wrapped around tying thread. |
Tying notes: The fly pattern is meant to be worked slowly in the surface film or just under. Allow fly to dead drift with current and work it slowly by 'nodding' the rod tip
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