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Mustard Greens

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Curved scud/emerger hook (e.g. TMC 2457), 14
  • Thread Black 8/0

Materials

  • Mallard flank Wood duck tan
  • UV2 Caddis/Nymph dubbing (Spirit River) Olive ice dub
  • Partridge Natural partridge

How to tie it

  1. Start black 8/0 thread and dress the shank three-quarters of the way down the bend, then wind back up a hair.
  2. Tie in a tail/trailing shuck of wood-duck-tan mallard flank about twice the shank length, tearing the tips even; bind the butts down under a solid thread base and trim.
  3. Spin olive UV2 caddis dubbing onto the thread and wrap a slightly tapered body forward to just in front of the hook point.
  4. Tie in a partridge feather by the tip and palmer three to four wraps as a soft-hackle collar, then stroke all the fibers back against the body.
  5. Dub a slightly heavier ball of the same olive dubbing in front of the partridge to build up the head/thorax.
  6. Whip finish and set the head with UV resin (e.g. Loon UV), curing it with the light.
  7. Finish by picking out the dubbing with velcro or a dubbing teaser all around to give a spiky, buggy body that blends into the partridge collar.

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