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Carp It Bomb

Nymph · Carp · Intermediate · 1 version

Classic Recipe

  • Hook Heavy wet/nymph hook (Gamakatsu SL45 or Ahrex NS430), 4-6
  • Thread Chartreuse 140 denier

Materials

  • Eyes Large black bead chain (1 pair)
  • Weight 0.015 lead wire (optional) (6-8 turns)
  • Tail Olive marabou (1 clump)
  • Body Cohen's Carp Dub (Martian mean green) (dubbing)
  • Legs Chartreuse/black-barred rubber legs (3 pairs)
  • Finish UV resin (as needed)

How to tie it

  1. Start thread behind the eye and lash the bead chain eyes on top of the shank about one eye-length back with figure-eight wraps; add a few turns of lead wire behind them if you want it to sink faster.
  2. Run thread to the hook bend and tie in a full clump of olive marabou for a tail about one shank length long. Keep it sparse so it pulses.
  3. Build a slim dubbing noodle of Cohen's Carp Dub and wrap forward, stopping at the 60% mark to leave room for legs.
  4. Tie in a pair of barred rubber legs on each side (three pairs total), splayed out from the body so they wave on the drop.
  5. Dub over the leg tie-in points and continue forward, figure-eighting around and in front of the bead-chain eyes to lock everything in.
  6. Whip finish behind the eye and add a small drop of UV resin to the thread wraps for durability.
  7. Pick out the dubbing with a bodkin so the fly looks buggy and breathes in the water.

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