A vintage Smoky Mountain pattern from NC tyer Charles Messer; kind of a downwing Adams.

hook ? Dai Riki 320 #12
thread - Danville 6/0 black
tail ? mallard flank
abdomen ? dubbing muskrat
rear wing - bronze mallard
front wing - bronze mallard
hackle - brown/grizzly

Part 1

mash barb, start thread at 3/4 mark




even tips on some bronze mallard, strip it off, measure (shank length0; tie in at 3/4 mark, trim butts at an angle, wrap to point above barb








measure (gap width past bend) some mallard flank fibers; tie in, smooth junction between tail/wing butts with thread






dub thread/dub body to 2/3 mark