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Amber Prince Bead

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

• Hook 1XL nymph hook, 10-16
• Thread Brown 8/0 (70 denier)

Materials

• Bead Gold bead (sized to hook)
• Tail Brown goose biots (forked pair)
• Body Amber ice dub (plump, tapered)
• Rib Gold wire (4-5 turns)
• Wing White goose biots (paired flat over back)
• Hackle Brown hen (collar, swept back)

How to tie it

1. Slide a gold bead to the eye, mount the hook and start thread.
2. Tie in two brown goose biots at the bend, splayed into a short forked tail.
3. Tie in gold wire, then dub a plump amber body to just behind the bead.
4. Rib the wire forward in 4-5 open turns and helicopter off the tag.
5. Tie two white goose biots flat over the back in a shallow V as the wings.
6. Wrap a brown hen hackle collar, sweep the fibers back and tie off behind the bead.
7. Whip finish behind the bead.

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