Published Sep 1. 2015 - 8 years ago
Updated or edited Sep 15. 2015

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Sometimes trout and grayling sip "nothing" from the surface. You have tried the smallest parachute in your fly box - size 18. What they are taking is much smaller. You look again into your fly box, and right - there is no "Nothing" there.

Fill up your fly box with nothing here

Pattern type: 
Emerger
Skill level/difficulty: 
Easy
Instruction: 
  1. Attach the thread
  2. Dub the Thorax. Be careful not to use too much material.
  3. Tie in a CDC-feather. Pull it towards the hook bend. Stop when 3-5 mm of the feather is still in front of the hook eye.
  4. Make a few locking turns.
  5. Cut off the point of the feather.
  6. Wind the thread a little bit towards the hook bend.
  7. Dub sparsly with CDC.
  8. Make the CDC-feather come forward forming a loop.
  9. Lock it loosely with the tying thread.
  10. Pull it over the hook eye, forming a nice little loop.
  11. Lock it with the tying thread.
  12. Cut off the excess.
  13. Whip finish.
Species: 
brown trout, grayling, rainbow trout (landlocked)
Materials: 
Hook
Dry or emerger, size 22-28
Thread
Spiderweb
Thorax
cdc-dubbing, grey/olive/black
Wing
cdc-feather tied as a loop wing, grey/white/olive
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Nothing...

Sometimes trout and grayling sip "nothing" from the surface. You have tried the smallest parachute in your fly box - size 18. What they are taking is much smaller. You look again into your fly box, and right - there is no "Nothing" there.
Fill up your fly box with nothing here

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