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P L Ivory Emerger

 

Some mayflies nymphs, when reached maturity and are ready to metamorphose into adult, assume a quite clear color with shades from dirty yellow to ivory. The fish that see so well distinguishable insects tend to behave in a rather hectic way, intercepting avidly all those preys that cross their hunting area. This exuberance as predators does not always coincide with a reduction of prudence, in fact, during a mayfly hatching, trout and grayling can exasperate their selectivity and choose with particular care every single insect.
  For the fly fisherman this can be the prelude to a challenge with an uncertain outcome and that can result even in a deep frustration: he has chance to beat his clever opponents only if manages to select the right fly and this selection can be not so easy. The most alluring fly is generally characterized by specific qualities: it must appear similar to the preyed insect and swim at a precise level. During an ephemeral hatching, when we see a lot of trout to rise all over the river, we can suppose that the fish are taking adult insects which are floating on the water, or those in an advanced emerging stage that are trapped in surface film. The fact is that the rises can be produced also by a tail movement or a pirouette made by the trout that takes a nymph just a few inches below the surface. From here, the fisherman can incur in the mistake to extract from his box an emerging pattern or a dry fly and this can be refused by an expert fish, because it is an imitation of a winged insect and not of a nymph. The solution to the problem is to tie to the leaders a not weighted nymph when the fish show a selective behavior during a mayfly hatching.
  Back to the subject on nymphs with clear colors, if we fish on a river where are hatching such insects, it can be a good tactical to select a fly like the P. L. Ivory Emerger and to propose it to the fish just a few inches below the surface. In many occasions we will be unable to see the fly in the water, but the trout often take it causing a sort of “bubbling” on the surface, or by making emerge its rump and then the tip of its tail, and this help us to strike timely.


INSTRUCTIONS

 

P L Ivory Emerger 01
I start to tie the P. L. Ivory Emerger by clamping the hook in the vice jay and applying the beige thread on its shank, which I use for nailing, over the bend, a tuft of fibers stripped off from a blue dun cock hackle

 

P L Ivory Emerger 02
I strip off all the fibers from the blue dun hackle and tie the tip of its stem over the binding point of the tails. I wax a short stretch of thread and apply on it a pinch of ivory colored rabbit hair. I compact the dubbing rope and wrap it along the rear two-thirds of the hook shank

 

P L Ivory Emerger 03
I make the ribbing of the abdomen with wide coils of the hackle stem

 

P L Ivory Emerger 04
From a natural grey cul de canard feather I cut a tuff of fibers and tie it in front of the abdomen, so that the tips of the fibers extended backwards

 

P L Ivory Emerger 05
I apply a layer of wax on a thread stretch and distribute on it a pinch of hare hair. I compact the dubbing rope and I wrap it along the front third of the hook shank

 

P L Ivory Emerger 06
I place a sewing needle over the thorax and push forwards the cul de canard tuff, securing it just behind the hook eye. I gently pull the needle backwards, so to create a small space between the thorax and the elytrum



P L Ivory Emerger 07
I push the tips of cul de canard fibers towards the hook point and I secure them with thread

 

P L Ivory Emerger 08
I make the fly head of with some turns of thread and then I whip finish it

 

P L Ivory Emerger 09
I reduce the length of the cul de canard fibers so their tips reach the hook point, then I distribute a light layer of clear varnish over the head to prevent the thread to untie itself: this will increase the resistance of the P. L. Ivory Emerger


MATERIALS LIST

HOOK: medium length shank size 18 to 14
THREAD: beige
TAILS: fibers from a blue dun cock hackle
ABDOMEN: ivory white rabbit hair
RIBBING: the stem of a blue dun cock hackle
THORAX: hare hair
ELYTRUM AND LEGS: natural grey cul de canard


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