A handy little emerger pattern to have when the fish are looking up. The squirrel gives a wonderful buggy look and the possum wing helps to keep it afloat. Possum is a wonderful material for these patterns but you can also substitute it for deer, CDC, snowshoe or anything else you see as fitting for it, I will often fish these behind another parachute pattern that are a bit easier to see but if needing to be subtle they fish well on their own as well. As an extra note while this has been filmed in size 16 I will tie them quite small as well and will have a handful that are a little bigger.
Happy Tying Everyone.
MATERIALS:
HOOK: Tiemco TMC101
www.flyshop.co.nz/product/tmc...
THREAD: Semperfli Brown 18/0 Classic Waxed Thread
www.semperfli.net/SCWT018BRN....
DUBBING: SLF Squirrel & Natural Fox Squirrel
flytacklenz.com/collections/f...
flytacklenz.com/collections/f...
RIBBING: Semperfli Perdigon Body Iridescent Copper
flytacklenz.com/products/semp...
WING: Natural Possum Fur
www.troutlore.com.au/product/...
(If you search around there are other companies that sell hides for a range of purposes but these can be used for fly tying as well)