Red Serendipity

Hook:   TMC 2487 size 14-20
Thread: Red Uni-Thread 8/0
Body:   Red Larva Lace Midge Body
Siphon: White Hi-Vis Floater (Dan Bailey)

Tying instructions

1. Tie in thread behind hook eye and build a nice smooth base of thread back to halfway down the bend of the hook.
2. Tie in Larva Lace midge body material at this point and wrap thread forward to about 1 and 1/2 eye lengths behind hook eye.
3. Wind Larva Lace forward to thread, creating a smooth, segmented body. Trim excess.
4. Tie in siphon material. I use a longer-than necessary stack of this and trim it to desired length after fly is finished. This past year I found this Hi-Vis Floater material in Dan Baileyís catalog and switched from the antron I had been using. The traditional pattern calls for deer hair.
5. Whip finish with final wraps going over the siphon material.
6. Trim siphon material to size. I like the back part to extend almost to the hook bend and the front part to extend over the eye about 1/16 to 1/8 inch.

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