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Amber Prince-Beadhead

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 dubbing / amber ice dub (plump, tapered)
  • Rib Gold oval tinsel (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 as a short forked tail.
  3. Tie in gold oval tinsel, then dub a plump amber body to behind the bead.
  4. Rib the tinsel forward in 4-5 open turns and tie off.
  5. Set two white goose biots flat over the back in a shallow V as the wings.
  6. Wrap a brown hen hackle collar, stroke it back and tie off behind the bead.
  7. Whip finish behind the bead.

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