A small, heavy and bright March Browny nymph.
Martin Joergensen
Nymph
Easy
- Slip the bead over the hook shank.
- Cover the front bit of the shank with tying thread for a tight fit.
- Whip finish and cut thread.
- Add some super glue and slip the bead over the thread and glue.
- Start the thread behind the bead and cover the hook 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 doubled yellow tying thread at the hook bend.
- Wrap it in close turns to behind the bead, leaving some space for a thorax.
- Keep the thread flat, untwisting it as you wrap.
- Wrap it back and forth a couple of times to build up a body.
- End up at the hook bend.
- Now twist the two strands of thread to form a rope.
- Wrap the rope forward as a rib in 3-4 open turns.
- Tie down and trim tags.
- Pick out some very spiky dubbing from the hare skin or mask.
- Dub generously behind the bead, letting the guard hairs stick out.
- Whip finish behind the bead and trim thread.
- Carefully add some varnish behind the bead to secure thread.
cutthroat
grayling
| Hook | Wet fly or nymph hook, like an Ahrex FW580 #12 |
| Tying thread | Tan 6/0 |
| Bead | Brass, app. 3.5mm like Bidoz No 2 |
| Tail | Mottled partridge fibers |
| Body and rib | Yellow tying thread |
| Thorax | Hare's wool dubbing with guard hairs |
