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Moore's Next Gen Perdigon Purple Rain

Nymph · Trout · Grayling · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Jig nymph hook, barbless, 12-18
  • Thread Purple / body-color underneath 8/0

Materials

  • Slotted tungsten bead Copper/black tungsten bead (1 (2.0-4.0mm))
  • Coq de Leon fibers (tail) Pardo (small bunch)
  • Flex Floss (body) Purple flex floss (1 strand)
  • Thread hotspot collar Fluorescent pink or orange thread (-)
  • UV resin (coat) - (thin)

How to tie it

  1. Slide a slotted tungsten bead to the eye and start the thread behind it.
  2. Tie in a sparse Coq de Leon tail at the 75% mark, about one shank length long, and lay a smooth thread base back over the shank.
  3. Tie in a strand of purple Flex Floss at the rear and wrap it forward in touching turns to a slim, tapered body ending behind the bead; tie off and trim.
  4. Switch to fluorescent pink or orange thread and build a short hotspot collar behind the bead.
  5. Whip finish, then coat the body and collar in a thin layer of UV resin and cure to a hard, glossy shell.

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