Hopper Buck SBS

[ScottP]

Another vintage Wisconsin fly. Apparently a hex nymph/emerger; not sure where the name comes from since it's neither a hopper or have any bucktail in it.

hook - Dai Riki 280 #6
thread - Danville Monocord yellow
tail - hackle fibers brown
rib - small wire gold
body - dubbing cream (yellow optional)
wing - woodduck flank
hackle - brown saddle


Part 1

mash barb, start thread at 3/4 mark; tie in rib, wrap to point above barb




strip off some hackle barbs, measure (gap width past bend); tie in






dub thread/dub body to 3/4 mark






counterwrap rib; tie off/helicopter end






measure (tips to tail) a wooduck flank; tie in/trim

[ScottP]

Part 2

tie in (folded) saddle by tip




wrap hackle; tie off/trim, whip finish (exaggerated head intentional), SHHAN








Regards,
Scott

[okflyfisher]

Nice tie For hex "hatchers" i would add a foam wing on top of the wood duck and under the soft hackle.. My hearing is poor enough now that night fishing during hex time is a thing of the past ( i can no longer locate fish) but some of those nights were beyond belief . My sister in law caught a 30 1/2 inch brown one night during the hex spinner fall

[AllenOK]

Nice! I may have to do some of those for the Hex hatch next year!

I have a Hex nymph pattern that I tie up, but they're rather complex; this is an easier pattern.