Mayfly Emergent Fly Video tutorial

Thursday, 07 May 2020

Are you ready to build a Mayfly Emergent fly? Here the video tutorial!

Fly name: Emerging of Mayfly

Manufacturer: Loris Zecchinello

Required:

Cdc ivory, Cdc pardo, Cdc primerose, pheasant tail fibers, mandarin duck or similar, AHREX FW 531 # 10 hook, brown thread

Steps:

1. Wind the assembly line up to the bend of the hook and secure the 3 pheasant fibers to imitate the tails
2. Block a piece of brown yarn and an ivory CDC feather with a few turns. Wind the feather and yarn in sequence
3. Wrap a pardo-colored feather towards the eyelet. Cut the excess leaving about 5 mm of space from the eyelet.
4. Prepare a buttonhole and insert two half cdc feathers, one pardo color and one primerose. Twist the buttonhole and wind the cord obtained on the hook.
5. Attach a mandarin duck feather and wrap it taking care that the fibers are arranged in a radial pattern
6. Create the head with the mounting wire. Then make a closing knot.

Let's start!

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