Tying your own ... Damselfly Nymph
1) Prepare Burn Mono Eyes. Use candle/lighter to burn both ends of 50lb mono line to form the eyes.
2) Tie approximately 3⁄4 length thread bedding on the hook shank starting with the hook eye. Also include 7 to 8 rounds of lead wire around the front, secure the lead wire coils. Then tie down mono eyes.
3) Cut & tie about 10 Marabou fiber tips to form tail.
4) Tie down 2-3 Marabou fibers & twist to form a marabou core. Wrap the marabou around the hook shank until desired length.
5) Tie down a fold of pheasant feathers.
6) Continue the dubbing process of wrapping the marabou feathers around the lead coil till mono eyes.
7) Tie Pheasant feathers on the other end to form the thorax now. Tie down the pheasant feathers another wrap to form the head. Tie in patridge feather fibers.
8) Finish the securing at the hook eye with super glue.
1) Prepare Burn Mono Eyes. Use candle/lighter to burn both ends of 50lb mono line to form the eyes.
2) Tie approximately 3⁄4 length thread bedding on the hook shank starting with the hook eye. Also include 7 to 8 rounds of lead wire around the front, secure the lead wire coils. Then tie down mono eyes.
3) Cut & tie about 10 Marabou fiber tips to form tail.
4) Tie down 2-3 Marabou fibers & twist to form a marabou core. Wrap the marabou around the hook shank until desired length.
5) Tie down a fold of pheasant feathers.
6) Continue the dubbing process of wrapping the marabou feathers around the lead coil till mono eyes.
7) Tie Pheasant feathers on the other end to form the thorax now. Tie down the pheasant feathers another wrap to form the head. Tie in patridge feather fibers.
8) Finish the securing at the hook eye with super glue.
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Solano Fly Fishers
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Damsel Fly Nymph
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Hook:
Thread: Upper Body: Lower Body: Tail: Thorax: Legs: Eyes: Head: |
Daiichi, Size 14, Standard Nymph Hook, Micro Barb.
Danville Spider wire, Ultra Fine. Olive Marabou feathers, from a twisted bunch of 3-4 fibers.Fine Wire Lead of 4-5 coils. Olive Marabou feathers, from a twisted bunch of 2 fibers. (Prefer finer tips of marabou feathers.) Olive Marabou Feather tips. Pheasant Feather. Fibers of Partridge Feathers. Burnt Mono Eyes (50lb mono) Same pheasant feather as thorax. |