Migrating Damsel

Fly: Paul Slaney, Photographs: Hans Weilenmann

Hook: any longshank curved hook. Size 8
Thread: pale olive 6/0
Eyes: Gunmetalled bead chain (medium)
Tail: spade hackle fibres, splayed
Abdomen: open wraps of pale olive v-rib or similar
Thorax cover: Pale olive Swiss Straw
Flash: two strands of pearl flashabou tied in under the thorax and cut short back over the abdomen
Wing: Mixture of pale olive squirrel and insect green SLF, tied buggy



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