Art Winnie’s Michigan hexagenia pattern from the 20’s. I beefed up the tail a bit to give it a bit more buoyancy - the original pattern was tied with 3 bucktail fibers.
hook - TMC 5212 #6
thread - Danville 6/0 black
tail - moose body hair
rear hackle - brown
rib - small tinsel gold
body - Congo Hair gold
front hackle - brown
wing - duck quill segment
Part 1
mash barb, start thread, wrap to bend
clean, stack, measure (hook length) some moose body; tie in/trim
tie in hackle, wrap to hook point; tie off/trim
tie in tinsel
move thread to 2/3 mark, tie in CH; wrap to rear hackle and back, tie off/trim
Probably unnecessary – the rear hackle will take care of that. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if the original intent of the rear hackle was allow the fly to have exactly three fibers in the tail, the same as the natural. The tail will never touch the water.
Anyway, I’m a sucker for fore-and-aft flies, and this looks like good one. (I’d probably use yellow or tan thread to keep the fly lighter in color, though)
