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Brim Fly
How do you tie a Brim Fly?
Brim Fly is a nymph fly pattern for panfish. Find its 7 materials and 13 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 2 of 5
- Target species
- panfish
- Pattern designer
- Tom Lentz
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At the vise
Materials
- Hook: Wet fly hook, barbless, 1x long, 1x strong #8
- Weight: .025 Lead wire
- Thread: 140 Denier, Red
- Tail: White Marabou
- Body: Medium Gray Chenille
- Wing Case: Black Chenille
- Legs: White Rubber Legs
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Tying instructions
Secure hook in vise.
Wrap lead wire from behind the eye to the bend.
Tie in thread behind the eye and wrap back to the bend.
Tie in white marabou tail, about a body length.
Tie in black chenille for wing case at the bend.
Tie in gray chenille for body at the bend.
Wrap gray chenille forward to just behind the eye.
Secure gray chenille with thread.
Tie in white rubber legs, folded over, at the tie-off point for the body.
Split the rubber legs so that there are four legs on each side.
Wrap the black chenille forward to form the wing case and secure with thread.
Whip finish and cut thread.
Trim the rubber legs to the desired length.