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Menamerger
Menamerger is a buggy parachute mayfly emerger tied by Brandon Mena in the butt-hanger style, with the abdomen hanging down from a curved Klinkhamer hook. A rust dubbed abdomen with a flash rib gives it a rough, segmented look, and a thorax of dry fly dubbing sits under a parachute hackle around an EP post. It can pass for an emerger or a regular dry. Fish it on a dead drift to trout feeding on mayflies at the surface. Tied here on a size 18 hook.
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Materials
Daiichi 1167 Klinkhammer Hook Black Nickel, size 18
18
Veevus Fly Tying Thread 16/0, dark tan
Dark Tan · 16/0
Midge Flash, rootbeer, for the tail and the rib
Rootbeer
TroutHunter Professional Dubbing for Emergers & Nymphs, rust
Rust
EP Trigger Point Int'l Fibers, Caddis Western Gray, for the parachute post
Caddis Western Gray
TroutHunter Dry Fly Dubbing, PMD
PMD
How to Tie the Menamerger
- 1
Step 1
Mount the hook and start the dark tan thread behind the eye. Wrap a thread base back around the curve of the hook.
- 2
Step 2
Tie in the Midge Flash at the bend, leaving some trailing as a short tail and enough length to rib the body.
- 3
Step 3
Dub the thread with the rust TroutHunter dubbing and wrap a buggy abdomen forward, stopping short of the eye to leave room for the post and thorax.
- 4
Step 4
Wrap the Midge Flash forward through the abdomen in open turns as a rib. Tie it off at the front of the abdomen and trim the excess.
- 5
Step 5
Tie a bunch of EP Trigger Point fibers on top of the shank just ahead of the abdomen. Stand the fibers upright and wrap the thread around their base to form the post.
- 6
Step 6
Tie in the hackle feather at the base of the post, with the stem secured against the post.
- 7
Step 7
Dub the thread with the PMD dry fly dubbing and wrap the thorax around the base of the post.
- 8
Step 8
Wrap the hackle around the base of the post.
- 9
Step 9
Tie off the feather at the front of the post and trim the excess.
- 10
Step 10
Whip finish behind the eye and cut the thread. Trim the tail and post to length.
Watch Tying Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOgHRyXz7DU
Credit: Brandon Mena / Fly Fish Food