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Montana Stonefly

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook 3XL nymph, straight eye, 4-10
  • Thread Black 6/0

Materials

  • Lead-free wire underbody - (10-12 wraps)
  • Black hackle fibers or goose biots (tail) Black mayfly tail fibers (2)
  • Chenille (abdomen) Black chenille (1 length)
  • Chenille (thorax) Yellow chenille (1 short length)
  • Saddle hackle Black saddle hackle (1 feather)

How to tie it

  1. Lay 10-12 wraps of lead-free wire over the shank for weight and cover with thread, ending at the bend.
  2. Tie in a short forked tail of two black biots or a small clump of black hackle fibers, about a third of a shank long.
  3. Tie in the black chenille and wrap it forward to the 60% mark to form a fat abdomen; tie off there.
  4. Tie in a black saddle hackle by the tip at the 60% mark, then tie in the yellow chenille and wrap it forward to just behind the eye, forming the thorax.
  5. Palmer the black hackle forward through the yellow thorax in 4-5 open turns, tie off behind the eye, and stroke the fibers down and back.
  6. Build a black thread head, whip finish, and cement.

Tying videos

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