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Dolly Llama

Name: Fly Tyer's Bench
Author: Fly Tyer's Bench

How do you tie a Dolly Llama?

Dolly Llama is a streamer fly pattern for trout, steelhead, salmon. Find its 8 materials and 24 tying steps below.

Added to catalog May 29, 2026 · Updated May 30, 2026

At the vise

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Secure the hook in the vise.
Start the thread behind the eye and wrap back to the bend.
Cut a 12" Magnum Rabbit Strip in half to create two 6" strips.
Tie in a 6" Magnum Rabbit Strip at the hook bend, leaving 1.5" extending past the bend.
Fold a 10" section of red braid in half to form a loop.
Place the loop underneath the hook shank, with the loop facing the hook bend.
Run the two ends of the braid through the hook eye.
Adjust the braid so the two ends are even in length.
Secure a sacrificial hook with a 3/8" cone head to the front of the hook shank with thread.
Tie in the braid on top of the hook shank.
Run the braid up through the cone head.
Cover the entire hook shank with thread wraps.
Take the braid and put both ends down through the hook eye.
Double the braid back through the cone head and run it along the bottom of the hook shank.
Cover the braid all the way back to the tail tie-in area with thread and trim the ends.
Wrap the rabbit forward, making one additional wrap of rabbit up to the cone.
Secure the rabbit with three semi-loose wraps of thread.
Use a bodkin to push the rabbit up and under the cone.
Cut a throat strip into a point.
Tie in the throat strip with three semi-loose wraps of thread.
Use a bodkin to push the throat strip up and under the cone.
Tie one strand of flash in on each side of the fly.
Make several firm wraps to tie off the thread.
Cut the front sacrificial hook.