March Brown Nymph

In article , Scott
Seidman writes
"jeffc" wrote in
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"lastchance" wrote in message
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Does anyone have a picture of a March Brown Nymph fly and pattern
they can post via a photo?

Wish I could find a web picture of Carl Coleman's March Brown. He's a
Rochester NY fisherman and created a unique fly that he was very
successful with in the rivers up there for large browns. It's fairly
fat, ribbed with dental floss IIRC, lacquered, and I believe Tom
Rosenbauer wrote that it could possibly be mistaken for a tiny
crayfish.




Heavily weighted, of course, and he's used a variety of rib materials over
the years, from condor, I think, to dental floss. Brown floss abdomen,
Peacock Thorax, and a stiff brown Hackle.




Here is a posting by Phil Jones of Swansea, South Wales back in 1999.

"There was a hatch this morning (30th) on the Tawe, an adjacent South
Wales river. I'm looking at one of the handsome beasts as I write. The
males of some of these stone clingers strut like prize fighters!

Locally, we use a little orange in the dressing - rib with orange silk
(instead of yellow) or mix a little orange seal's fur with the
traditional hare's ear body. If you spoon a fish that's been feeding on
the nymphs, you'll see why... When the traditional pattern was devised,
there was confusion over species but in South Wales at this time of year
you'll get the genuine article!
--
Phil Jones
Swansea, South Wales"

Phil is ant excellent tyer and his pattern is well worth noting.
--
Bill Grey