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PMD Nymph

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Note: This recipe has not been verified against a documented source, or disagrees with one. Treat the materials and steps as unconfirmed.

Flies By Fredo dressing

  • Hook Firehole Sticks 316, 16
  • Thread Yellow and Brown UTC

Materials

  • Tailing Hairline Mayfly Tails
  • Wing/Shuck White Bett's Standard Z-Lon

How to tie it

  1. If using a bead, slide it to the eye; start the thread and lay a base to the bend.
  2. Tie in three or four brown fibers for a short tail, about half a shank long.
  3. Catch in the copper wire, then dub a slim tapered amber abdomen forward to the 60% mark.
  4. Rib the wire forward in 5 evenly spaced turns and helicopter it off.
  5. Bind in a wingcase strip, then dub a fuller thorax over the front third.
  6. Pull the wingcase forward over the thorax, bind it behind the eye or bead, and pick out the thorax dubbing for legs.
  7. Whip finish and add a drop of cement.

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