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Quill Gordon Nymph

Nymph · Trout · Grayling · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook 1XL nymph, down-eye (e.g. TMC 5262), 12-16
  • Thread Brown 8/0 (70 denier)

Materials

  • Pheasant tail fibers Natural pheasant tail fibers (several)
  • Wire rib Copper wire (fine, 1 strand)
  • Hare's ear dubbing (thorax) Amber-brown hare dubbing (small pinch)
  • Mottled turkey (wingcase) Natural mottled turkey (1 slip)
  • Partridge (legs) Natural partridge (few fibers)

How to tie it

  1. Start thread behind the eye and lay a base to the bend; a few flattened turns of lead can be added top and bottom, since clingers are broad and flat.
  2. Tie in three pheasant tail fibers by the tips as a short, widely splayed tail, half a shank long, and catch in a strand of copper wire at the same point.
  3. Wrap the pheasant fibers forward to the 60% mark for a slim abdomen and tie off, then counter-rib with 4-5 turns of copper wire and break off.
  4. Dub a robust, buggy thorax of amber-brown hare's ear from 60% to just behind the eye, picking it out fat and flat.
  5. Tie a slip of mottled turkey over the thorax as a wingcase and lock it behind the eye; sweep a few partridge fibers along each side for legs.
  6. Whip finish, snip, and cement the head.

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