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    Default Acorn

    A variation of a classic style, that has produced for me throughout several seasons as a search pattern.

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    Acorn

    Hook: Standard Dry fly #12
    Thread: Rusty Brown 8/0 Uni
    Tail: Medium Pardo CDC
    Abdomen: Sulphur/Orange Spectrablend
    Body Palmer: Barred Ginger #16
    Wing: Silver Badger hen tips
    Hackle: Brown

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    NJ
    Do you reverse hackle the body? What I really mean, is that it looks as though the hackle is wrapped from the back, but with the shiny side of the hackle to the rear not the front?
    Last edited by Byron haugh; 09-06-2013 at 10:37 PM.

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    Yes, it's wrapped front-to-rear & I tie in both hackles in dry fashion.

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    Just wondering, does it make a difference which way the hackle is wrapped? I have started using similar flies for bluegill here in Florida, but they don't seem to care. I also leave out the split wing.

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    I feel it helps float the fly much better tied in dry style.

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