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Post by leverlover on Mar 2, 2008 15:56:28 GMT -4
The spinner stage is the last stage in the life cycle of the mayfly. You may have seen the adult spinners doing their mating dance above the riffles at the head of a pool during the evening hours. These bugs mate, then drop to the water to deposit their eggs thus beginning a new life cycle for the mayfly. The eggs settle to the bottom and become nymphs that live under the rock until the following year. This pattern is tied using poly wings, Micro-fibbet tails, turkey biot body and ginger Hareline dubbing. I fish this pattern to imitate Stenonema Fuscum, or the March Brown in English terms. But......I tie them in yellow, tan, brown, gray and natural in sizes 8-20 and can match most spinner falls using this pattern. Start tying thread and apply poly wing using figure 8 turns. Make a few turns in front and back after putting the figure in to last the thread tight. Apply a drop or two of head cement to lashing. Apply even turns of thread to the back and apply tail and work thread to wing. Tie in biot with the fibers pointed UP, and work thread to base of tail using even turns of thread. Wind biot to the base of the wing, tie off and apply dubbing to thread. Apply dubbing using tight figure 8 turns. Finish with a turn behind the wing and a turn in front of the wing. Half hitch, whip finish, cement head and go fishin' ;D
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