Cole's Stonefly SBS

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Howard Cole's wonderwing stonefly. Tied here as a skwala; change color/size to meet your needs.

hook - Dai Riki 280 #10
thread - MFC 8/0 brown
egg sac - 2mm foam black
abdomen - Fly Rite quill gordon dubbing (makes a nice olivish/brown/yellow)
underwing - dun saddle wonderwing style
overwing/indicator - calftail chartreuse
legs - rubber medium brown
hackle - brown-dyed grizzly


Part 1


Mash down barb, start thread at 2/3 mark and wrap back to bend

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tie in foam strip (1/2 gap width); fold over, brush a little super glue, and tie down tag end

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dub thread, dub body

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prep saddle feathers

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Part 2

tie feathers in, pull to length; trim butts and cover with thread wraps

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clean, stack, measure (tips extend to egg sac) a clump of calftail; tie in

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tie in hackle

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tie in legs

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wrap hackle behind, between and in front of legs; tie off, trim (hackle, legs and wings), half hitch x 2, SHHAN

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Regards,
Scott

Love that hackle color. Great job as always Scott.

ScottP,

Your photo series of tying different patterns are far superior to any book I have in my library. Beautiful photography, excellent job in tying the flies and great variety of patterns. Thanks for taking the time to share them with us.

Jim Smith

As usual, it is another beautiful fly with beautiful photography. I appreciate the effort that makes your excellence look so mundane. Well done!

Thanks,
Ed