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Harvey Pusher Night Fly
How do you tie a Harvey Pusher Night Fly?
Harvey Pusher Night Fly is a wet fly pattern for trout. Find its 10 materials and 16 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 3 of 5
- Target species
- trout
- Pattern designer
- George Harvey
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At the vise
Materials
- Ahrex Trout Predator Or Ahrex Trout Predator Light
- Thread (6/0), Black
- Pheasant Tail Fibers
- UTC Ultra Wire, Small, Copper
- Under Body: Medium Chenille
- Hare's Ear Dubbing, Natural
- Brown Hen Hackle (collar)
- Grizzly Hackle (palmered)
- Wings: Select Feathers From Pheasant Skin
- Head Cement
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Tying instructions
Attach thread to hook shank behind the eye.
Tie in black pheasant tail fibers at the bend, extending approximately one-half shank length.
Tie in gold UTC Ultra Wire at the tie-in point of the tail.
Tie in medium chenille at the tie-in point of the tail, wrap forward to behind hook eye (leaving space).
Dub Hareline Hare's Ear Plus from the tail forward to just behind the eye, creating a thick, slightly tapered body.
Select one or two olive, brown, or black saddle hackles and prepare them for palmering.
Tie in the saddle hackle(s) at the front of the body.
Palmer the saddle hackle(s) rearward over the body, Counter wrap with Gold Wire
Select a black Chinese saddle hackle for the head hackle.
Tie in the Chinese saddle hackle at the front of the body.
Wrap the Chinese saddle hackle to form a full head hackle; tie off and trim.
Select two matched feathers from a pheasant skin for the wings.
Prepare the feathers by removing the lower, softer fibers.
Tie in the pheasant feathers as wings on top of the hook shank, with the tips curving outward to push water.
Whip finish to secure the thread.
Apply Sally Hansen Hard as Nails to the head to finish.