A Caddis nymph with preformed legs
Nick Thomas
Nymph
Medium
- Taper the end of a length of nymph skin and tie in at the hook bend with the straight edge to the rear.
- If you want to add weight to the fly wrap some lead foil or copper wire up the hook and cover with tying thread.
- Wind the nymph skin forward under tension in overlapping turns, tie in and trim off the waste end. Darken the back with a marker pen.
- Tie in a length of yarn and clip back out of the way.
- Tie in the legs with cross wraps of thread leaving a space in between.
- Wind the yarn forward between the legs, tie in and remove the waste.
- Build a neat head, whip finish and varnish.
| Hook | Hends BL 554 #8-10 |
| Thread | 12/0 brown-olive |
| Abdomen | 3mm natural nymph skin |
| Legs | Organza ribbon |
| Thorax | Semperfli olive dirty bug yarn |
