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Flash Quill Nymph

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Standard or jig nymph hook, 14-20
  • Thread Brown 8/0 (70 denier)

Materials

  • Bead Copper slotted tungsten (sized to hook)
  • Tail Coq de Leon fibers (small bunch)
  • Abdomen Stripped/flash-cored quill (1 quill)
  • Coating Thin UV resin (over abdomen)
  • Flashback Pearl tinsel (1 strand)
  • Thorax Dark dubbing or peacock (small pinch)

How to tie it

  1. Seat a slotted tungsten bead, mount the hook, and start thread.
  2. Tie in a small bunch of coq de leon fibers for the tail, half a shank long.
  3. Bind in a quill and wrap it forward in touching turns to the 65% mark for a segmented abdomen, then coat with a thin layer of UV resin.
  4. Tie in a strand of pearl flash for the flashback.
  5. Dub a small dark thorax behind the bead.
  6. Pull the flash over as a back and bind behind the bead, then whip finish.

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