Marabou

Tying Instructions: RP Emerger




	1. Attach the thread to the hook shank near the middle and wrap a thread foundation to the bend of the hook.
	2. With mayfly imitations, Roy often used some tailing materials. Here I am using about 6-7 Partridge fibers that are about the length of the shank and tying the fibers to the top of the shank to just behind the eye. Notice how the fibers splay around the shank in a fan shape.
	3. Trim off the tag end of the tailing fibers and wrap the thread back to the mid point of the shank. Select a goose biot and attach the tip to the top of the shank with the notch facing away from you. Securing the biot tip along the shank up to the tail tie-in position. With the last wrap make sure that the biot is perpendicular to the shank with the notch facing away.
	4. Hold the end of the biot with hackle pliers and wrap the biot forward with touching wraps up to the 1/4 position on the hook shank. Secure with some thread wraps.
	5. Trim off the tag end of the biot and wrap the thread back to the 1/3 postion of the shank. Apply dubbing to the thread. Using Superfine dubbing, you will not need thread wax. Twist a small portion to the thread.
	6. Take one turn of the dubbed thread over the shank to lock in the fibers and twist the material some more to achieve a tight noodle of material. Wrap a small thorax at the 1/3 position leaving some space behind the eye.
	7. Select a Partridge Feather with fibers that will just be long enough to extend beyond the bend of the hook. Preen the fibers back to create an open space at the tip for a tie-in location. Attach the tip just behind the eye along the side of the shank.
	8. Using your hackle pliers, wrap the feather around the base of the thorax witht the fibers sweeping back. 3-4 turns is enough.
	9. Bring the base of the feather against the back side of the shank and secure with a couple of thread wraps, taking care not to trap any fibers.
	10. Trim off the base of the feather and apply thread wraps at the base of the collar to secure this tag.
	11. Apply a whip finish.
	12. The finished RP Emerger.