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Quigley Cripple
How do you tie a Quigley Cripple?
Quigley Cripple is a emerger fly pattern for Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout. Find its 8 materials and 11 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 3 of 5
- Target species
- Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout
- Pattern designer
- Bob Quigley
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At the vise
Materials
- Dry Fly Hook, TMC 100, sizes 14-20
- Thread (8/0), Olive or Tan
- Tail/Shuck: Light Dun Marabou or Z-Lon
- Abdomen: Olive or Tan Superfine Dubbing
- Wing: Coastal Deer Hair, Natural
- Hackle: Dun Dry Fly Hackle
- Thorax: Slightly Darker Superfine Dubbing
- Head Cement
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Tying instructions
Secure the hook in the vise. Start thread behind the eye and wrap to the bend.
Tie in a tuft of light dun marabou or Z-Lon at the bend for the trailing shuck, extending about one shank-length.
Dub a thin abdomen of olive Superfine dubbing from the bend to the midpoint.
Select a small bunch of coastal deer hair. Clean, stack, and measure to one shank-length.
Tie in the deer hair at the midpoint as a fanned wing (Comparadun style), tips forward.
Trim the butts at an angle and cover with thread wraps.
Tie in a dun hackle feather just behind the wing.
Dub the thorax slightly fuller than the abdomen, from behind the wing to behind the eye.
Wrap the hackle 2-3 turns through the thorax area. Tie off and trim.
Trim the hackle flat on the bottom so the fly sits low in the film.
Build a small thread head. Whip finish and apply head cement.