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I recently did a step by step of Bob Wyatt?s excellent Deer Hair Sedge. Doing it reminded me of a similar and what for me was an equally successful pattern I used to use, the Elk Hair Emerger.
You can tie this pattern in a range of sizes and colours to suit. I found it to be successful as an emerging buzzer and as an emerging sedge.
I used to trim the wing butts and form a ?normal? thread head with this fly, but I now tie it ala Hans Weilenmann?s CDC & Elk style.
As with all patterns of this ilk, treat the wing only with floatant.



Instructions assume right-handed tyers.

HOOK ? Drennan Emerger #16
THREAD ? Yellow UTC70
TAG/RIB ? Fine/ Medium Pearl Mylar Tinsel
BODY ? Seals Fur (50% Fiery Brown and 50% Golden Olive, Blended)
WING/HEAD ? Elk Hair.

STEP 1
Attach the thread and wrap to the bend, catching in the pearl mylar as you go.



STEP 2
Apply the dubbing blend to the thread and wrap to form the body.



STEP 3
You have two options here. You can simply wrap the pearl mylar to rib the body. Or, as I have done here, wrap the pearl mylar for 3 or 4 turns ?round-the-bend.?  Then wrap it back to the body, when you reach the body, open the turns up to form the rib.



STEP 4
Tie in a bunch of elk hair for the wing.



Then whipfinish and detach the thread.



Finally, add a drop of varnish to complete the fly.