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How to Tie the Rusty Spinner

A classic dry fly for several varieties of mayflies spinner falls, including Pale Morning Duns.

How to Tie the Rusty Spinner
By Charlie Craven

Rusty Spinner Fly Recipe

  • Hook: TMC 100 #14-24
  • Thread: Lagartun 74 Denier Rusty Brown
  • Tail: Microfibetts
  • Abdomen: Tying thread
  • Wing: White McFlylon
  • Thorax: Rusty Spinner Superfine Dubbing

Rusty Spinner Step-by-Steps:

Tying The Rusty Spinner

Tying The Rusty Spinner Step 1 of 5

Start the thread and wrap back to the bend. Clip three Microfibetts from the clump and keasure them against the hooks they are a shank length long.

Tying The Rusty Spinner Step 2 of 5

Tie the tails in at the bend and wrap forward over the butt ends. Press your thumbnail up under the tails to splay them out.

Tying The Rusty Spinner Step 3 of 5

Bring the thread back to the bend and figure eight around the tails to separate them. Wrap the thread forward to the seventy-five percent point forming the abdomen.

Tying The Rusty Spinner Step 4 of 5

Tie in a piece of McFlylon with figure eight wraps for the wings at the front of the abdomen.

Tying The Rusty Spinner Step 5 of 5

Dub the thorax around the base of the wings and both in front and back of them. Whip finish and clip the thread. Clip the wings to a shank length long.

Finished Rusty Spinner

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