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A recipe for the Minonipi Wulff

The Minonipi Wullf is certainly one of the essiental flies for fishing the Minipi watershed. Lee Wulff designed this pattern to mimic both the Green and Brown drakes in one simple pattern. Although not a popular pattern elsewhere in the world, it is a staple in the Labrador anglers’ flybox. In a recent conversation with David Brandt from the Wulff School of Fly Fishing, he gave me the recipe to “cook” up some of your own Minonipi Wulff’s. By the way, Dave knew Lee Wulff and if you look in the Photo Gallery you’ll find a picture of Dave and Lee together. So this is from “the horse’s mouth.”

First of all, the original Mustad hook Lee used for all of his Wulff’s has been recently discontinued. The Daiichi 2421, however, is a good substitute. Most of the Wulff’s tied by Dave for my fly shop fall into two sizes, 6s and 8s. Occasionally we see a size 10. The wing is a light-brown-dyed calf-tail. A true Wulff pattern will have an “un-stacked” wing. Remember Lee used to tie his flies in his hands… no vice! The tail is woodchuck. The body is dark olive brown beaver. Finally the hackle is a medium or natural dun.

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