Dun Know (Mayfly)

Dun Know Tied by Norm Cribbin The “Dun Know”

Materials Hook: Kamasan B175 #12 Thread: Black 8/0 Uni-Thread Tail: Dark Brown Texas Whitetail Deer Hair Wings: Dark Brown Texas Whitetail Deer Hair Body: Brown Awesome Possum Hackle: Hebert Miner Hen Cape Dark Brown Dun

Method Step 1 – Starting behind the eye form a bed of tying thread. Stop the thread when it is above the barb.

Select a small clump of deer hair (Texas Whitetail), remove under fur, stack and tie in forming a neat tail.

Don’t excessively compress the fibres at the bend as this will cause the tail to flare.

Wind thread to wing tie in point 1/3 shank length back from the eye.

Step 2 – Select a small clump of deer hair, remove under fur, stack and tie in on top of the shank using the ‘Noose Loop’ method. This will keep the deer hair from flaring around the shank.

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Step 3 – Trap the butts of the deer hair on top of the hook shank as the tying thread is wrapped back to just short of the tail tie in point.

Wind thread back to the wing tie in point and post the wing to consolidate the wing root.

Step 4 – Return tying thread to the tail tie in point and dub thread sparsely with the Awesome Possum.

Using the dubbed thread form a slender tapered body finishing just behind the wing.

Tie in two hen hackles at rear of wing.

Bring thread forward securing both hackle stems as the thread is advanced to just behind the hook eye.

Step 5 – Wind the first hackle forming a collar hackle behind the wing (3-4 turns), finish hackle with two turns in front of wing, secure with tying thread. Trim waste.

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Step 6 – Wind the second hackle through the first hackle, two turns behind the wing and 3-4 turns in front of the wing. Secure hackle with tying thread the behind eye.

Form a neat head by stoking the hackle fibres back and laying a few wraps of tying thread.

Step 7 – Whip finish, apply head cement and groom hackles and wing to shape. Remove lower section of the collar hackle such that the hackle when viewed from the front forms a semi-circle. A few hackle fibres should splay down to give the impression of legs of the Mayfly.

The finished fly…

Photos by Norm Cribbin

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