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24k Stone

Nymph · Trout · Advanced · 1 version

As tied by Golden Fly Shop (Josh Ryan)

  • Hook Tiemco 5262, 10 (8 through 14)
  • Thread Hopper yellow UTC 70 denier

Materials

  • Bead 2.8 mm tungsten, copper and gold color
  • Lead 0.015 lead or lead-free wire, about 20 to 25 wraps
  • Tail Golden Stone Goose Biot
  • Body 1 Micro tubing, brown
  • Body 2 Light Golden Stone Micro Tubing
  • Underbody Flashabou (Mirage Tinsel in medium on the original pattern)
  • Wingcase Ozark Barred Turkey Quill Yellow sprayed in 3M adhesive spray
  • Thorax Fulling Mill Eco Warrior dub, golden olive
  • Legs Golden Stone Goose Biot
  • Collar CDC feather

How to tie it

  1. Put the tungsten bead on the hook and wrap about 20 to 25 turns of 0.015 lead wire behind it, then push the wraps up and glue them in with a little Zap-A-Gap, leaving room behind the bead.
  2. Start the thread behind the lead wraps and build a small bump towards the bend to help the tail spread.
  3. Tie in two golden stone goose biots as the tail, splayed apart, and secure them with touching wraps forward to the lead; trim the butts.
  4. Tie in the brown micro tubing on one side of the hook and the light golden stone micro tubing on the other side, holding the first out of the way.
  5. Tie in the flash tinsel so it sits under the tubing, smooth the thread and lead wraps, wrap the tinsel in touching turns up to the bead, tie off and trim, then whip finish.
  6. Invert the hook, turn it to face you and work the Polish weave with the two tubings, keeping the light one over the belly and the dark one behind, wrapping up to the bead.
  7. Return the hook to normal position, tie off the tubings behind the bead and trim the tag ends.
  8. Tie in the turkey quill wing case (back sprayed with 3M adhesive) behind the bead and bring it about three quarters of the way back, leaving the abdomen showing.
  9. Lay down a small dubbing noodle, then tie in two goose biot legs, one each side, reaching back to about the base of the tail.
  10. Dub forward in touching wraps to cover the thread, tie in a second shorter pair of goose biot legs, and dub up to behind the bead.
  11. Clip one side of a sparse CDC feather, spin it in a small dubbing loop and wrap it in touching turns behind the bead as a collar, sweeping the fibres back.
  12. Part the collar, pull the turkey wing case up and over with two loose wraps, then tighten, trim close to the bead and whip finish, covering the quill butts.
  13. Darken the top of the thread wraps and the wing case with a black Sharpie.
  14. Coat the wing case and collar thread wraps with Solarez Bone Dry, then put Solarez Thin Hard on the wing case only and cure both with the UV lamp.

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