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Gasolina

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Jig nymph hook, 14-18
  • Thread Dark tan 16/0

Materials

  • Bead Copper bead (1 slotted tungsten bead)
  • Tail Speckled material (3-4 coq de leon fibers)
  • Body Iridescent brown/olive material (1 strand Krystal Flash (gasolina))
  • Hotspot Fluorescent orange egg sac (Thread collar)
  • Coating Clear head cement (UV resin shell)

How to tie it

  1. Slide the tungsten bead to the eye, mount the jig hook and start dark tan thread behind the bead.
  2. Tie in 3-4 coq de leon fibers for a tail about one gap long at the bend.
  3. Tie in a strand of iridescent brown/olive Krystal Flash for the body.
  4. Lay a smooth thread underbody, then wind the flash forward in touching turns to the bead for a slim, glinting body and bind.
  5. Build a short fluorescent-orange hot-spot collar just behind the bead.
  6. Whip finish, then coat the whole body and hotspot in a thin layer of UV resin and cure. The epoxy shell is what makes a perdigon sink like a stone.

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