Oliver Edwards
Nymph
A little difficult
- Add weight 6-10 wraps. Make two layers, the upper one shortest. Secure it with some super glue
- Tie in tail well down the hook shank.
- Take the thread to the eye. Tie in the antennas.
- Take the thread back to where you tied in the tail.
- Tie in the rib.
- Cut out the shell back. It should be oval or shaped like a long drop stretched in both ends.
- Tie in the shellback.
- Make a dubbing loop.
- Dub the body.
- Prepare 6-8 partridge hackles by removing the fluffy parts.
- Wax the dubbing loop.
- Get the hackles into the loop.
- Make sure they do not come out or move. Align the points and ajust them to the final lenght of the legs.
- Cut off the stems 1-2 mm from the dubbing loop.
- Spin.
- Take out the hackle points.
- Spin again.
- Turn the dubbing loop towards the eye in nice equal turns.
- Secure it at the eye.
- Moisten your fingers and make the fibres point down.
- Pull the shell back towards the eye.
- Secure the shell back.
- Whip finish.
- Rib the fly in nice turns.
- Whip finish.
sea trout (sea run)
steelhead (sea run)
| Hook | Kamasan B100 or Mustad CZ Authentic Czech Nymph Size 10-18. |
| Weight | Lead free foil. |
| Thread | 8/0, color to match the dubbing. |
| Tail | Barbs of brown-grey partridge hackle. |
| Antennas | As tails, but smaller clump. |
| Rib | Clear nylon mono, 4-6 lbs. |
| Shellback | Flexibody, clear. |
| Body | Fine dubbing, like MC 14. |
| Legs | Barbs of brown-grey partridge hackle. |
