HT's FLY PATTERNS
Black Gnat
Materials
Hook:
Partridge, Mike Weaver Arrowpoint
Barbless Dry Fly, #18
Silk/Thread:
Black
Body:
Dubbing: Fine black fur
Wing:
White or very pale grey poly yarn
Hackle:
Black cock hackle
Tying Method
Whip silk down shank of hook toward bend, starting at 1/8 distance from eye.
Apply dubbing and build thin body working forward to 1/4 distance from eye.
Tie in poly yarn, sloping back low over body. No longer than shank of hook.
Tie in black hackle in front of poly yarn. Make 3 turns of the hackle only.
Tie off behind eye. Clear varnish.
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