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Killer

Nymph · Trout · Beginner · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Heavy wet-fly / nymph hook (e.g. Firehole 316), 12
  • Thread Pink 70 denier

Materials

  • Ultra thread Pink ultra thread (70 denier)
  • Copper wire (medium Ultra Wire), underbody/weight Copper wire (1 length)
  • Jamieson's Shetland Spindrift yarn (body) Oyster (1 strand)

How to tie it

  1. Secure the hook in the vise, start the pink thread behind the eye and take touching wraps down to the bend.
  2. Tie in the medium copper wire at the bend, return the thread forward, then wrap the wire in touching turns from the bend to just behind the eye to form a weighted underbody; tie off and trim.
  3. Tie in the Oyster yarn behind the eye and bind it down along the shank to the bend.
  4. Wrap the yarn forward in touching turns without twisting it, holding the wraps with an off-hand finger so they don't slip, building a smooth carrot-shaped body up to behind the eye; tie off and trim the excess.
  5. Build a small thread head, whip finish with five turns, and add a drop of head cement.

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