Stalcup’s Stillborn Emerger
By AlexC on Aug 4, 2008 in Coldwater, Fly Patterns
Hook: Dry Fly Hook
Tail: Kinky Z-lon
Rear Gills: Ostrich Herl
Abdomen: D Rib
Thorax: Superfine Dubbing
Hackle: Dry Fly Hackle
Wing: 2 CDC Feathers
-Tie in trailing shuck
-Bring thread forward to rear of thorax
-Tie in D Rib so that tag end is forward, working end is hanging from the rear of what will be your thorax.
-Tie in CDC by tips near rear of thorax, take several thread wraps forward until you're right behind the eye, securing tag end of D Rib and CDC.
-Tie in hackle
-Dub thread
-Wrap hackle around dubbed thread
-Wrap hackled/dubbed thread backward, until you're at the rear of the thorax.
-Tie off at rear of thorax
-Wrap D Rib to the tip of the abdomen.
-Fold CDC rearward, tying off at the tip of the abdomen
-Tie in Ostrich Herl
-Make 2-3 tight wraps, tie off, and whip finish
Tail: Kinky Z-lon
Rear Gills: Ostrich Herl
Abdomen: D Rib
Thorax: Superfine Dubbing
Hackle: Dry Fly Hackle
Wing: 2 CDC Feathers
-Tie in trailing shuck
-Bring thread forward to rear of thorax
-Tie in D Rib so that tag end is forward, working end is hanging from the rear of what will be your thorax.
-Tie in CDC by tips near rear of thorax, take several thread wraps forward until you're right behind the eye, securing tag end of D Rib and CDC.
-Tie in hackle
-Dub thread
-Wrap hackle around dubbed thread
-Wrap hackled/dubbed thread backward, until you're at the rear of the thorax.
-Tie off at rear of thorax
-Wrap D Rib to the tip of the abdomen.
-Fold CDC rearward, tying off at the tip of the abdomen
-Tie in Ostrich Herl
-Make 2-3 tight wraps, tie off, and whip finish

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