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Orange-Winged Cripple
Hook: Curved-shank, fine-wire emerger or scud hook, sizes 20 to 12. Thread: Black 6/0 (140 denier). Trailing shuck: Four pheasant tail fiber tips. Lower body: Pheasant tail fibers. Upper body: Dark olive or brown dry-fly dubbing. Wing: Orange elk hair. Hackle: Grizzly. Note: The small tuft of orange elk hair makes it easy to see this dark-bodied fly on the water. The body of this cripple imitation hangs under the surface film to the satisfaction of trout and anglers alike. |