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RS2
How do you tie a RS2?
RS2 is a emerger fly pattern for Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout. Find its 6 materials and 8 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 2 of 5
- Target species
- Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
- Pattern designer
- Rim Chung
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Materials
- TMC 101, Sizes 16-24
- Thread (6/0), Gray
- White Microfibetts
- Superfine Dubbing, Adams Gray (abdomen)
- Z-Lon, Dark Dun (wing)
- Superfine Dubbing, Adams Gray (thorax)
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Tying instructions
Start thread at 80% point, wrap toward bend leaving tag on top of shank
Attach two Microfibetts at bend, about one shank length long
Pull thread tag upward between tails to divide them, secure with tight wraps
Trim excess tag at 80% point
Dub a thin tapered abdomen from tail base to 80% mark
Tie in white Antron behind eye and wrap back over it to thorax base
Dub the thorax area, wrap forward and back
Whip finish and trim wing to a short stub