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Soft Hackle Carrot
How do you tie a Soft Hackle Carrot?
Soft Hackle Carrot is a nymph fly pattern for trout. Find its 9 materials and 23 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 2 of 5
- Target species
- trout
- Pattern designer
- Mike Sexton
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At the vise
Materials
- Hook: Size 14 nymph hook
- Bead: 2.8mm slotted copper tungsten bead
- Weight: .015 lead wire
- Thread: 16/0 brown thread
- Tail: Coq de Leon fibers
- Rib: Fluorescent orange power thread
- Body: Hare's ear dubbing
- Hackle: CDC feather
- Head Cement: Brushable super glue
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Tying instructions
Secure the hook in the vise.
Slide the bead onto the hook.
Wrap lead wire behind the bead.
Turn the vise upside down.
Let the bead fall so the slot is facing upward.
Jam the lead into the slot.
Turn the vise right side up.
Start the thread behind the bead and create a thread base to the back of the hook.
Tie in four or five coq de Leon fibers for the tail, about as long as the body.
Tie in the fluorescent orange power thread for the rib.
Dub a thin hare's ear body.
Leave a little space at the front.
Create a small dubbing bump at the front.
Tie in a CDC feather by the tip.
Make two wraps with the CDC feather.
Tie off the CDC feather.
Spin the fluorescent orange power thread into a thick rope.
Rib the body with the fluorescent orange power thread.
Tie off the ribbing.
Dub a small collar with UV brown ice dubbing.
Whip finish.
Trim the CDC hackle to the desired length.
Apply head cement.