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Hot Cheek Nymph (TBH) B/L

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Classic Recipe

  • Hook Barbless jig/nymph hook (Fulling Mill 5045 or Hanak 400BL), #12-16
  • Thread Brown 8/0

Materials

  • Bead Copper (or gold) slotted tungsten bead, 2.5-3.5mm to suit hook (1)
  • Tail Cock pheasant-tail fiber tips (4-6 fibers)
  • Abdomen Cock pheasant-tail fibers (4-6 fibers)
  • Rib Fine copper wire (1 strand)
  • Thorax Peacock UV Ice Dub (pinch)
  • Cheeks (hot spot) Fluorescent orange or hot-pink dubbing / thread collar (small pinch)

How to tie it

  1. Slide the copper tungsten bead onto the barbless jig hook, small hole first, and seat it against the eye; start the thread behind it.
  2. Tie in 4-6 pheasant-tail fiber tips at the bend for a short tail, half a shank length, and tie in the copper wire alongside.
  3. Wrap a bundle of pheasant-tail fibers forward to form a smooth abdomen up to the 70% point, then rib with the copper wire in 4-5 evenly spaced turns and tie off.
  4. Dub a small peacock UV Ice Dub thorax just behind the bead.
  5. Wind a bright fluorescent-orange (or hot-pink) collar in the gap right behind the bead, this is the hot cheek/collar hot spot, then whip finish tight against the bead.

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