A heavy and colorful nymph for high and colored water
Nick Thomas
Nymph
Easy
- Run on the tying thread behind the bead and remove the tag end.
- Push the end of the monofilament holding the yarn through the bead slot, bend it back around the bead, lift the yarn and catch in the mono with a couple of thread turns.
- Set the bead in place against the hook eye, fold the yarn forward and run the thread up against the bead securing the monofilament around the bead and locking the bead in place. Trim off the end f the mono.
- Attach hackle pliers to the yarn and hang it off the front of the fly to keep it out of the way while carrying out the next steps.
- Take the thread down to the bend, catch in the tail fibres and the rib, tie down up the shank.
- Dub the body and counter wrap with the rib.
- Tie in the rib and break off the waste.
- Add a little more dubbing against the bead, smear the thread with varnish and whip finish.
- Release the yarn from the hackle pliers, fold back over the body, pull taught and trim at an angle to finish off the tuft.
| Hook | Fasna F-425 #10 |
| Bead | Get Slotted 4.6mm slotted tungsten |
| Thread | 12/0 tan |
| Tails | Pheasant tail |
| Tuft | Wapsi orange egg yarn |
| Rib | Copper DMC metallic thread |
| Body | Vicuna HES dubbing |
