Wonderwing Winter Stonefly SBS

Fly Patterns
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Wife and I were taking a walk the other day, after a weekend of temps in the 50’s, and I saw a number of the little winter stoneflies out and about. I’ve had real good luck with a dark CDC & Elk but wanted to tie up something a bit thinner in profile; this one takes a just few minutes. Dark brown body works well, too.

hook - Dai Riki 305 #16
thread - Danville 6/0 black
body - biot black
wing - dun hen wonderwing style
hackle - dun/grizzly

Part 1

mash down barb, attach thread and wrap back to point above barb

moisten biot (microwave 30 seconds in a damp napkin) and tie in (notch down for segmentation); wrap biot forward and tie off at 70% mark

prepare hen feather - strip fluff off stem, separate a few fibers then pull them back along bare stem

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tie in by tips then adjust wing length by pulling straight back along body (if necessary); trim tips and smooth with thread wraps

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Part 2

prep hackle and tie in; wrap hackle , tie off, trim, half hitch x 2 and SHHAN

trim wing, trim hackle on bottom

go enjoy some early season dry fly fishing

Regards,
Scott

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Very, very nice Scott.

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Very clever pattern. Is this yours or someone else’s, Scott?

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Thanks Scott, very nice SBS and good looking fly.

Cliff

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Definitely not mine. Al & Gretchen Beatty have a great article on Wonderwings, including a caddis/stonefly version

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw2/050905fotw.php

Doug Korn did a neat caddis

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/showthread.php?48074-SBS-Korn-s-WH-Apple-Caddis-Emerger

and Johnny Utah has a nice video for one, too

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPriVRmQbFA&feature=player_embedded

R](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPriVRmQbFA&feature=player_embedded)egards,
Scott

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Close enough

Regards,
Scott