A generic nymph tied in the march brown colors.
Nymph
Easy
- Start the thread in the front of the hook shank.
- Cover the shank half way to the bend.
- Prepare a few partridge fibers for the tail. It can be rather long 1-1½ shank lengths, but 10-20 fibers will do.
- Tie in the tail and cover to the hook bend.
- Tie in the rib at the hook bend. Double the yellow tying thread.
- Dub the body very sparsely leaving room for a thorax.
- Rib the body with 4-5 turns of doubled thread.
- Tie down rib and trim off surplus.
- Pick out some very spiky dubbing from the hare skin or mask.
- Dub the front part of the fly generously, letting the guard hairs stick out.
- Form a small head, whip finish and varnish.
cutthroat
grayling
| Hook | Wet fly or nymph hook, like an Ahrex FW580 #12 |
| Thread | Tan 8/0 |
| Tail | Mottled partridge fibers |
| Rib | Yellow tying thread |
| Body | Hare's wool dubbing, underwool |
| Thorax | Hare's wool dubbing with guard hairs |
| Head | Tying thread |
