Tying your own ... Dragonfly 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. Tie also a mono line body to form the bigger lower body profile of the dragonfly nymph.
3) Tie down 2-3 Peacock herl fibers & twist to form a herl core. Wrap the herl around the mono body on hook shank until desired length.
4) Tie down a fold of pheasant feathers.
5) Continue the dubbing process of wrapping the herl around the lead coil till mono eyes.
6) 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.
7) 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. Tie also a mono line body to form the bigger lower body profile of the dragonfly nymph.
3) Tie down 2-3 Peacock herl fibers & twist to form a herl core. Wrap the herl around the mono body on hook shank until desired length.
4) Tie down a fold of pheasant feathers.
5) Continue the dubbing process of wrapping the herl around the lead coil till mono eyes.
6) 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.
7) Finish the securing at the hook eye with super glue.
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Solano Fly Fishers
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Dragon Fly Nymph
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Thread: Upper Body: Lower Body: Thorax: Legs: Eyes: Head: |
Gamakatsu, C12 Size 12.
Danville Spider wire, Ultra Fine. Peacock herl, from a twisted bunch of 3-4 fibres. Fine Wire Lead of 4-5 coils. Peacock herl, from a twisted bunch of 3-4 fibres. Mono line to form thicker body before tying the Peacock herl on surface. Pheasant Feather. Fibers of Partridge feathers. Burnt Mono Eyes (50lb mono) Same pheasant feather as thorax. |