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Film Critic
How do you tie a Film Critic?
Film Critic is a emerger fly pattern for trout. Find its 8 materials and 25 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 3 of 5
- Target species
- trout
- Pattern designer
- Bob Quigley
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At the vise
Materials
- Hook: Kona BC4 size 14
- Thread: UNI-Thread 8/0 Olive Dun
- Shuck: Antron Yarn Gold
- Tail: Coq De Leon Light Speckled
- Body: Turkey Biot Quills BWO
- Wing: EP Fibers White
- Thorax: Super Fine Dubbing Olive Brown
- Head Cement: Loon Water Based
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Tying instructions
Secure the hook in the vise.
Start the thread a couple of eye lengths back from the eye.
Wrap the thread back to the hook bend.
Tie in a small piece of gold antron yarn for the shuck.
Trim the antron yarn to half a hook gap.
Tie in 5-6 coq de leon fibers for the tail, about a hook shank in length.
Tie in a turkey biot quill with a drop of Zap-A-Gap.
Wrap the biot forward to form the body.
Tie off the biot.
Tie in a loop of white EP fibers just above the hook point.
Trim the EP fibers to the same length as the shuck.
Wrap the thread back to the base of the wing.
Tie in a Whiting dry fly cape hackle, sized to the hook, dark barred ginger.
Form a dubbing noodle with olive brown super fine dubbing.
Wrap the dubbing noodle to form the thorax.
Wrap the hackle up the post.
Wrap the hackle back down.
Tie off the hackle.
Pull the EP fibers forward and capture with thread.
Build up a small head that is also a thread dam.
Whip finish.
Cut the thread.
Trim the wing to be a little taller than the hackle.
Add a drop of Loon's water based head cement.
Clear out the eye.