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Don's Pale Olive Chironomid

Midge · Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Tyer Recipe

• Hook Scud/nymph hook, #12-16
• Thread Pale olive 8/0

Materials

• Body Pale olive semperfli cashmere monkey (Thread or stretch floss)
• Rib Silver metal tape (Fine wire or tinsel)
• Thorax Black or dark olive material (Dubbing or thread)
• Gills White uni stretch (Antron or poly)

How to tie it

1. Start thread and wrap a slim pale-olive body up the shank.
2. Rib the body with fine silver wire and tie off.
3. Build a small dark thorax at the front.
4. Tie in a short white gill tuft at the head.
5. Form a small head.
6. Whip finish behind the eye.

Tying videos

• Don's Pale Olive Chironomid — Sport Fishing on the Fly (YouTube)

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