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Jorgensen's Zola Bug

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 2 versions

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Jig hook (Fulling Mill Jig Force Short) or 210BL, 20
  • Thread Black UTC 70 denier

Materials

  • Slotted tungsten bead Metallic purple, 7/64 slotted tungsten bead (1)
  • Coq de Leon Grizzly pardo (4-5 fibers (tail))
  • Flex-Floss Purple flex floss (1 length (body and rib))
  • Ice Dub UV Light Gray ice dub (Small pinch (collar))

How to tie it

  1. Slide the purple bead on, start the black thread behind it and seat the bead with a few wraps.
  2. Run the thread down to the barb point and tie in four to five grizzly-pardo fibers for the tail, sized to the shank.
  3. Trim the excess and tie in purple flex-floss behind the bead; stretch it thin and wrap it down the shank for a slim body.
  4. Wrap the flex-floss back forward in open overhand turns to rib and segment the body, then tie it off and trim.
  5. Dub a small pinch of UV light-gray ice dub and wrap a collar behind the bead.
  6. Whip finish and trim.

Other versions

1 more in the app: Fly Fish Food Tie.

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