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Flashwing Prince-Beadhead

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook 1XL nymph, standard, #12-#16
  • Thread Black 8/0

Materials

  • Bead Gold bead (1, sized to gap)
  • Tail Brown permanent marker (2 goose biots, split)
  • Rib Gold middle (fine oval tinsel)
  • Body Peacock ice dub (peacock herl)
  • Wing Pearl anti static bag strip (2 strands Krystal Flash, split V)
  • Horns White uni stretch (2 goose biots)
  • Hackle Brown hackle (1 hen, 2 turns)

How to tie it

  1. Slide the gold bead to the eye and start thread behind it.
  2. At the bend tie in two brown biots splayed into a short forked tail about half a shank long.
  3. Bind in the gold rib, then two or three peacock herls, and wrap the herl forward to just behind the bead for a fat body; rib it with 4-5 counter-wrapped turns for durability.
  4. Tie in two brown hen hackle turns as a soft collar and sweep the fibers down and back.
  5. Lay two strands of pearl Krystal Flash flat over the top and split them into a V flashwing that replaces the traditional white biot wings.
  6. Add two white biot horns angled back over the flash, whip finish behind the bead and cement.

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