A classic Catskill dry imitating the female Ephemerella subvaria mayfly of early spring. Pinkish-cream body, upright divided wood-duck wings, and mixed ginger/dun hackle in traditional dry-fly proportions. A benchmark Eastern hatch-matcher for the Hendrickson emergence.
1. Start the Cream Thread behind the eye.
2. Tie in a divided upright wing of Wood Duck Flank; post and divide.
3. Tie in a tail of Dun Hackle fibers.
4. Dub a slim pinkish-cream Cream Dubbing body to the wings.
5. Wind a Ginger Hackle and a Dun Hackle together through the thorax.
6. Form a head, whip finish, head cement.
hook
thread
wing
tail and hackle
body
hackle
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