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Clark's Stonefly
Clark's Stonefly is a quick, simple dry fly for salmonfly and other stonefly hatches. A gold tinsel body sits under an orange Antron underwing and a dark deer or elk hair wing, with a rusty orange thread thorax and a sparse furnace hackle at the front. With only a few materials and no difficult steps, it suits beginners and anyone who needs to fill a box with big stonefly dries in a hurry, and it floats high. Tie it on 3XL curved dry fly hooks in sizes 8 to 14.
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Materials
3XL curved dry fly hook, sizes 8 to 14
8-14
Flat mylar tinsel, gold (or orange Krystal Flash)
Gold
Antron yarn, orange or an orange and yellow blend, for the underwing
Orange
Dark deer or elk hair
Dark
Rusty orange 6/0 Uni-Thread, the same as the tying thread
Rusty orange
Furnace rooster hackle, wrapped sparsely
Furnace
How to Tie the Clark's Stonefly
- 1
Step 1
Start the thread behind the eye and wrap a thread base back to the bend.
- 2
Step 2
Tie in the gold tinsel and bind it along the shank to the bend, then bring the thread forward, leaving room at the front for the wing and hackle.
- 3
Step 3
Wrap the tinsel forward in touching turns to make a smooth, bright body. Tie it off and trim the excess.
- 4
Step 4
Tie in a bunch of orange Antron yarn on top at the front of the body so it lies back over the body as an underwing. Trim the front ends.
- 5
Step 5
Clean the underfur from a bunch of dark deer or elk hair and even the tips in a stacker.
- 6
Step 6
Tie the hair in on top over the underwing with the tips pointing back. Hold it in place with firm wraps and trim the butts.
- 7
Step 7
Wrap the thread over the trimmed butts to build a smooth rusty orange thorax ahead of the wing.
- 8
Step 8
Prepare a furnace hackle and tie it in by the stem at the front of the fly.
- 9
Step 9
Wrap the hackle through the thorax in a few open turns, keeping it sparse. Tie it off and trim the tip.
- 10
Step 10
Whip finish and trim the thread.
Watch Tying Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3cYI1_7xC0
Credit: NWFFO