Dark Hendrickson (variation)

Tied by Norm Zimmerman

Materials:

Hook:  #14 dry fly hook (Tiemco, Mustad, etc.)

Thread: #6/0 brown

Rib:  3/0 brown

Tail:  7-8 moose body hairs or dun fibetts

Body & Thorax:  Hendrickson pink dubbing or any mixture to achieve the gray-pink    underbody color

Wing:  dun-dyed deer hair or natural deer hair 

Hackle: medium dun

Instructions:

1.      Place hook in vise and start thread at hook eye. Wind back to about mid-shank.

2.      Tie in about 7-8 stacked moose body hairs.

3.      Wind thread back to hook bend, and tie in rib.

4.      Wind thread to thorax position, and tie in the deer hair post wing with tips angled slightly forward. (Note:  If you wish to divide the post wing, you can do so, but I find the divided wing style no more effective than the single post.)

5.      Run the thread back to the tail position, and dub a slim body up to the wing post.

6.      Leave the thread in front of the wing.

7.      Wind the rib forward to tying thread, and tie it off.

8.      Tie in a medium dun hackle just behind the wing.

9.      Lightly dub the thorax area.

10.  Return thread to hook eye.

11.  Wind hackle forward with three turns directly behind the wing post and three directly in front.

Tie off the hackle and form a neat head.