Sulphur Comparadun

Materials

How to Tie the Sulphur Comparadun

1. 1

   Step 1

   Place the dry fly hook in the vise and start the yellow thread, wrapping a smooth base.

2. 2

   Step 2

   Select a small bunch of short/fine bleached deer hair. Clean, stack, and measure it to one hook-shank length.

   Use 'short/fine' deer hair specifically — it flares and stands upright more easily than longer hair.

3. 3

   Step 3

   Tie in the deer hair wing at the one-third point, positioning it upright. Use several tight compression wraps to flare the wing into a 180-degree fan shape.

4. 4

   Step 4

   Post the wing upright with thread wraps in front, building a small thread dam to hold it vertical.

5. 5

   Step 5

   Select 2-3 medium dun microfibbets and tie them in at the bend as split tails, using a small dubbing ball to splay them.

6. 6

   Step 6

   Create a thin dubbing noodle with pale yellow Superfine dubbing and wrap a slim, tapered abdomen from the tail to just behind the wing.

   Keep the dubbing very sparse — a slim body is key to the Comparadun's effectiveness.

7. 7

   Step 7

   Dub a slightly fuller thorax area around and behind the wing with the same dubbing.

8. 8

   Step 8

   Build a small, neat thread head in front of the wing, whip finish, and apply a tiny drop of head cement.