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Chubby Cousin-Beadhead

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook 2XL nymph hook (e.g. Daiichi 1720), 6-10
  • Thread Black 6/0

Materials

  • Bead Copper bead (Tungsten bead sized to hook)
  • Tail Barred copper material (Two strands Sexi-Floss/rubber, split)
  • Abdomen Peacock ice dub (Peacock herl or peacock dubbing)
  • Rib Copper thorax stripe (Holographic Flashabou)
  • Wingcase Mottled natural thin skin (Thin Skin)
  • Thorax Tobacco (Fusion or peacock dubbing)
  • Legs Barred copper rubber legs (Two strands Sexi-Floss/rubber)
  • Antennae Barred copper material (Two strands Sexi-Floss/rubber)

How to tie it

  1. Slide the bead to the eye, mount the hook and start the thread.
  2. At the bend tie in two splayed rubber tails a half shank long, and leave two forward-facing strands over the eye as antennae for now.
  3. Bind in the copper Flashabou rib and a strip of Thin Skin, then build a peacock abdomen forward to the 60% mark.
  4. Rib the Flashabou through the abdomen in 5-6 open turns for flash and segmentation.
  5. Dub a fuller, lighter tobacco thorax, tie in a pair of rubber legs splayed at each side, then pull the Thin Skin over as a wingcase and bind behind the bead.
  6. Set the antennae forward over the eye, whip finish behind the bead and cement.

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