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Black Spider
- Sizes
- #12
- Imitates
- drowned midges · small beetles · emerging insects
W.C. Stewart popularized this minimalist spider pattern in the 1850s, and it remains one of the most effective subsurface flies ever devised. Tied with nothing more than black silk and a sparse starling hackle, the Black Spider perfectly suggests a drowned midge, beetle, or emerging insect when swung across and down through riffles and pocket water.
Recipe
Workbench
Variants
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| Size | Bead | Body | In box | Add to box |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #12 | tungsten · unweighted | black | — | — |
At the vise
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Tying video
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Fishing now on
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On the water
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History
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