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Autumn Splendor
How do you tie a Autumn Splendor?
Autumn Splendor is a streamer fly pattern for trout. Find its 9 materials and 15 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 3 of 5
- Target species
- trout
- Pattern designer
- Capt Matt Thomas
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At the vise
Materials
- Hook: Strong streamer hook, size appropriate to target
- Bead: Conehead, copper
- Weight: Lead wire
- Thread: Strong thread, red
- Tail: Marabou, brown and yellow
- Rib: Copper wire
- Body: Chenille, gold
- Hackle: Hackle feathers, brown and yellow
- Legs: Rubber legs, yellow
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Tying instructions
Secure the hook in the vise.
Slide the conehead onto the hook.
Wrap the hook shank with lead wire for weight.
Start the thread behind the conehead and build a thread base to the bend.
Tie in brown and yellow marabou for the tail, with the brown on top.
Tie in the copper ribbing wire.
Tie in the gold chenille.
Tie in brown and yellow hackle feathers, tips first.
Tie in three sets of yellow rubber legs along the shank.
Wrap the chenille forward to form the body.
Counter-wrap the copper ribbing forward to secure the body and legs.
Wrap the hackle feathers forward to form the collar.
Tie off the hackle and trim the excess.
Whip finish and apply head cement.
Pick out the hackle to create a buggy profile.