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Trico Spinner
How do you tie a Trico Spinner?
Trico Spinner is a dry fly pattern for Trout. Find its 5 materials and 6 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 4 of 5
- Target species
- Trout
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Materials
- Dry Fly Hook, TMC 101, sizes 20-24
- Thread (8/0), Black
- Microfibbets, White
- Superfine Dubbing, Black
- Z-Lon, White (spinner wings)
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Tying instructions
Create a thread base to the bend.
Tie in mayfly tail fibers, splayed.
Dub a tiny, thin black abdomen.
Tie in white Antron or Z-lon fibers in a spent-wing configuration.
Dub a small thorax around the wing base.
Whip finish and apply super glue on the thread.