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OG Canyon Fly
How do you tie a OG Canyon Fly?
OG Canyon Fly is a streamer fly pattern for trout. Find its 8 materials and 14 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 3 of 5
- Target species
- trout
- Pattern designer
- @bulletproofbugs
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At the vise
Materials
- Hook: Fulling Mill FM6050 Stealth Jig, size 8
- Bead: Driftstone Slotted Tungsten Bead, 4.6mm Black Nickel
- Wire: Hareline Lead Free Wire .025
- Thread: Fulling Pro Thread Twisted 140 Olive
- Tail: Wapsi Pine Squirrel Zonkers Micro, Sculpin Olive
- Body: Fulling Mill CDC Dubbing, Brown Olive
- Head: Hen Saddle - Olive Grizzly
- Collar: Mallard
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Tying instructions
Place a slotted tungsten bead onto the hook.
Secure the hook in the vise.
Start the lead-free wire behind the bead and wrap to the bend.
Apply super glue to the wire wraps.
Wrap the wire forward to the bead and secure with thread.
Start the thread behind the bead and wrap to the bend.
Tie in a pine squirrel zonker strip for the tail, extending one shank-length.
Dub the body with CDC dubbing using a dubbing loop.
Wrap the dubbing forward to behind the bead.
Brush out the dubbing.
Tie in mallard feathers at the tip for the body breakup (one turn).
Tie in a hen saddle feather for the final head.
Form a thread collar with red thread.
Whip finish and apply head cement.