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Higa's SOS Nymph

Nymph · Midge · Trout · Advanced · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Standard nymph/scud hook, 16-20
  • Thread Black 8/0

Materials

  • Tungsten bead Silver/nickel tungsten bead (1, sized to hook)
  • Pheasant tail fibers Natural brown pheasant tail fibers (3-5 for tail)
  • Wire Silver wire (1 length for rib)
  • Dubbing Black dubbing (1 pinch for thorax)
  • Floss Red floss (short length for wing case)
  • Krystal Flash Pearl flashabou (2-4 strands for legs)

How to tie it

  1. Slide a silver tungsten bead to the eye and start black thread behind it.
  2. Tie in 3-5 pheasant tail fibers at the bend for a tail about a hook-gap long.
  3. Bind in silver wire at the bend, then wrap a smooth, slightly tapered black thread abdomen forward to the 60% mark.
  4. Counter-wrap the silver wire forward in 5-6 evenly spaced turns and tie off for a flashy segmented rib.
  5. Tie in a short length of red floss pointing rearward for the wing case, and bind a few strands of pearl Krystal Flash along each side as legs to the hook point.
  6. Dub a small black thorax ball behind the bead.
  7. Pull the red floss forward over the thorax as a hot-spot wing case, secure behind the bead, and trim.
  8. Whip finish and add a tiny drop of cement.

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