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In article , Big Dale
writes If you collect the some of these creatures , it will surprise you how thin the body of the nymph is. I find that hard to duplicate with Chenille, and prefer to dub the body very thin with something like wool or superfine dubbing for the abdoman using just enough to slightly change the color of the thread. I like to tie them on swimming nymph hooks and use either bead chain painted black or a pair of black plastic beads that I find in sewing shops for the eyes of the ones that I want to run very shallow. I use olive Squirrel dubbing in a loop for the thorax and partridge for the legs. Hi Big Dale, Your tying is excellent BD, but although the insect is thin, we so ften tie imitations that are bigger than the naturals. An example is the midge pupa - the buzzer. Tied on a # 14 sedge hook it is enormous compared to a natural, but the fish love them. In my brief description of the tying, I forgot to mention the thorax. This I usually tie with a slightly darker dubbed olive dubbing material with a "wing" case of pheasant tail tied over and dividing the brown partridge hackle. As for eyes, I don't usually bother, but on occasions when I want a fly that will sink well, I tie in a gold head bead which is then placed beneath the pheasant tail wing case. black eyes can be painted on the bead if needed. The trout aren't really fussy as long as it roughly represents the natural. Of course a well tied imitative pattern is a joy to behold :-) -- Bill Grey http://www.billboy.co.uk |
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