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Micro Perdigon Quill

Nymph · Trout · Grayling · Intermediate · 1 version

Classic Recipe

  • Hook Barbless competition jig hook, Hanak H 400 BL (or Firehole 516), #16-20
  • Thread Black or tan 14/0 Veevus

Materials

  • Bead Copper or black slotted tungsten, 2.0-2.5mm (1)
  • Tail Pardo Coq de Leon fibers (4-6 fibers)
  • Body Stripped peacock quill (or Polish/Coq quill), natural or dyed brown, for natural segmentation (1 quill)
  • Counter-rib (optional) Fine copper wire to armor the quill (1 length)
  • Hot spot (optional) Pearl or hot-orange micro-flashabou butt/tag (1-2 strands)
  • Coating Thin UV resin (-)

How to tie it

  1. Slide the bead to the eye, start the thread and cover the shank.
  2. Tie in 4-6 pardo Coq de Leon fibers as a tail about half a shank long. Optionally add a couple of strands of pearl micro-flashabou at the tail base for a butt hot-spot.
  3. Tie in a stripped, water-soaked quill by its thin end at the bend; wrap it forward in touching turns so the natural light/dark segmentation shows, and tie off behind the bead.
  4. Optionally counter-wrap fine copper wire in 4-5 open turns to protect the fragile quill.
  5. Whip finish, then coat the body in thin UV resin and cure for a glossy, segmented, slim nymph.

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