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Queen Prince TB

Nymph · Trout · Advanced · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook 2XL nymph hook, 10-16
  • Thread Black 70 denier

Materials

  • Tungsten bead Gold bead (1)
  • Goose biots (tail) Brown goose biots (2)
  • Flat tinsel (rib) Gold oval tinsel (1 strand)
  • Peacock herl (body) Peacock ice dub (3-4 strands)
  • Hen hackle (collar) Brown hen hackle (1 feather)
  • Goose biots (wings) White goose biots (2)

How to tie it

  1. Slide the tungsten bead to the eye, mount the hook, and start black thread.
  2. Tie in two brown goose biots at the bend, splayed into a forked tail one shank length long.
  3. Tie in the flat gold tinsel for the rib.
  4. Wrap a peacock-herl body forward to the 75% mark.
  5. Rib the tinsel forward in 4-5 open turns and tie off.
  6. Tie in a brown hen hackle and take 2 turns as a soft collar, then sweep the fibers back.
  7. Lay two white goose biots flat over the top in a shallow V as wings, tips to the hook point.
  8. Whip finish behind the bead and cement.

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