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Brent's Premier Sedge Nymph

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Tyer Recipe

  • Hook Jig hook (Partridge Patriot / Ideal jig), barbless, 12
  • Thread Pink 12/0

Materials

  • Slotted faceted tungsten bead Pink egg bead (1, sized to hook)
  • Hare's mask (guard hairs) Natural hare s ear dubbing (Small bunch for tail)
  • Hare's mask dubbing Natural hare s ear dubbing (Body)
  • Oval tinsel / micrometal Gold oval tinsel (1 strand for rib)
  • Hare's-ear ice dub Hare's ear (or pink) (Thorax collar)

How to tie it

  1. Seat the pink slotted tungsten bead on the jig hook, slot up, and lock it with thread just behind the bead; wrap back to the point.
  2. Tie in a soft tail of longer hare's-mask cheek hairs, one shank-length long, removing some underfur so it stays sparse.
  3. Tie in the gold oval tinsel/micrometal rib, sliding it up to the bead.
  4. Wax the thread, spin a slim noodle of chopped hare's-mask dubbing, and wrap a slightly tapered body forward to just behind the bead.
  5. Rib the gold tinsel forward over the body in evenly spaced open turns and tie off with a couple of turns in front.
  6. Spin a small amount of hare's-ear ice dub and wind a short, buggy collar behind the bead as a hot-spot thorax.
  7. Whip finish behind the bead, trim any stray long fibers, and add a drop of cement.

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