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Green Drake Nymph

Nymph · Trout · Grayling · Intermediate · 1 version

Classic Recipe

  • Hook 2x nymph, 8-12
  • Thread Olive-brown 6/0

Materials

  • Tail Pheasant tail fibers (3, short)
  • Body Olive-brown dubbing, robust (tapered)
  • Rib Gold wire (spiral)
  • Gills Ostrich herl along sides (optional)
  • Wingcase Dark turkey (wide)
  • Legs Hen back (sprawly)

How to tie it

  1. Mount the 2x nymph hook and run olive-brown thread to the bend.
  2. Tie in 3 short pheasant tail fibers as a tail, then catch in gold wire for the rib.
  3. Optionally tie in a length of ostrich herl each side to trail as gills, then dub a robust tapered olive-brown abdomen forward over the rear two-thirds.
  4. Spiral the gold wire forward in 5-6 even turns to rib and secure (binding down the gill herl as you go).
  5. Tie in a wide dark turkey slip for the wingcase, then dub a thick thorax.
  6. Tie in sprawly hen-back fibers each side as legs, then pull the turkey wingcase over and bind down.
  7. Build a small head, whip finish and varnish.

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