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Antonio's BWO Emerger
Antonio's BWO Emerger is a tailless CDC emerger credited to Antonio Rodrigues, a companion to the Adult BWO in the same style. With no tail to upset how it rides, the curved dubbed body settles into the film and gives trout the outline of an insect working out of the water, while the CDC wing holds up the front of the fly. Fish it on a dead drift to trout rising in a blue-winged olive hatch, and dress the wing with CDC floatant. Tied here on a size 18 hook.
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Materials
UTC Ultrathread 70 Denier, olive (or 8/0 UNI-Thread Waxed Midge, olive)
Olive · 70 denier
Wapsi Super Fine Dry Fly Dubbing, Blue Winged Olive
Blue Winged Olive
EP Trigger Point Int'l Fibers, UV orange, for the tuft at the front of the wing
UV Orange
How to Tie the Antonio's BWO Emerger
- 1
Step 1
Mount the hook and start the olive thread behind the eye. Wrap a thin thread base back around the start of the bend.
- 2
Step 2
Dub a slim body of Blue Winged Olive dubbing from the bend forward, stopping short of the thorax area. This fly has no tail.
- 3
Step 3
Tie in a length of orange Trigger Point fibers on top of the shank ahead of the body, leaving them long and lying back over it.
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Step 4
Dub a thin noodle of natural gray Spikey Squirrel and wrap a small thorax ahead of the body.
- 5
Step 5
Tie a CDC feather on top of the thorax with firm wraps so the fibers stand off the shank, then clip the waste.
- 6
Step 6
Add a second CDC feather over the first in the same way to fill out the wing, and clip the waste.
- 7
Step 7
Pull the orange fibers forward over the front of the thorax and bind them down just behind the eye. Fold them back toward the wing and take a few more wraps to lock them there.
- 8
Step 8
Whip finish behind the eye, cut the thread, and trim the orange fibers short so a small tuft sits at the front of the wing.
Watch Tying Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-INPzMYb_M
Credit: Antonio Rodrigues / Fly Fish Food