EMERGERS

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Emergers which resemble a shaving brush became popular a couple of years ago and continue to get support in the fishing press.  They are tied to represent a nymph that is trapped in the surface film just at that point of time when it is opening its wings. They are best fished as a covering fly to fish feeding on the surface on emerging nymphs. Whilst the recipe below is for a fly dressed in hare & copper colours you should also tie this fly in charcoal, turkey brown, olive or the colour of any other natural you are seeking to imitate.

Materials:

Hook  - Size 10 to 14
Silk  - Grey
Tail  - Grey Grizzly hackle fibres
Ribbing  - Fine copper oval tinsel
Body  - Grey dubbing
Wings  - Grey deer hair
Thorax  - Peacock herl

A) Wind the thread from the 95% position to the bend of the hook. Take your thread to exactly where you intend to tie the wing in. This is about the 3/4 position.
B) Tie in a brush wing.
C) Tie in a tail equal in length to about half the hook length.
D) Select a small amount of dubbing and using the single strand dubbing technique dub a uniform body up to where the wing is tied in.
E) Select a couple of peacock herl with good flue and tie them in directly behind the wing. Take one of two wraps of herl behind the wing and then whilst holding the wing out of the way take three or four wraps of herl in front of the wing. Trim the excess herl off close to the hook shank just behind the eye of the hook. Whip finish, trim and varnish the thread directly behind the eye of the hook.