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Rain Drop Tungsten

Nymph · Trout · Grayling · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Barbless jig (e.g. Hanak 400BL), 14-18
  • Thread Black or red 10/0 (70 denier)

Materials

  • Slotted tungsten bead Gold bead (1, sized to hook)
  • Coq de leon (tail) Pardo (6-8 fibers)
  • Tinsel (body) Pearl or opal tinsel (1 strand)
  • Hot-spot thread collar Red or black tying thread (few turns)
  • UV resin Clear plus one black drop (thin coat)

How to tie it

  1. Slot a gold tungsten bead onto a jig hook, seat it behind the eye, and start thread.
  2. Tie in a small clump of coq de leon fibers at the 60% mark, wrap to the bend, and leave a tail one hook-gap long.
  3. Bind pearl or opal tinsel at the bend and wrap a slim, smooth body forward to just behind the bead; tie off.
  4. Build a short hot-spot collar of red or black thread behind the bead and whip finish.
  5. Coat the body in thin UV resin and cure, then add one small drop of black resin on top behind the bead as the raindrop wingcase marker and cure again.

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