A few changes to the back end of Bram Van Houten's Deer Hair Emerger.


hook ? Dai Riki 135 #14
thread - MFC 8/0 sand
underbody - medium tinsel opal
rib - turkey biot callibaetis
shellback - 1mm foam tan
hackle - Mearn's quail (any well-marked feather works)
wing - deer hair
thorax - CdC tan

Part 1

mash barb, start thread, wrap halfway down the bend




tie in biot, notch-side up




tie in tinsel; wrap to 2/3 mark, tie off/trm






rib body in open wraps, allowing tinsel to show thru; tie off/trim




tie in foam strip




tie in quail by tip; take a few wraps at base of foam, tie off/trim