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Ricky's Stillwater

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 2 versions

Reference Recipe

  • Hook 2XL nymph, 8-14
  • Thread To match (olive or brown) 8/0

Materials

  • Lead wire (optional) - (~6 turns near eye)
  • Marabou tail / wing case To match marabou (1 plume (long butts))
  • Body dubbing Seal substitute (olive/brown) (as needed)
  • Rib Copper wire (1 length)
  • Palmered hackle Burnt orange (1 saddle feather)

How to tie it

  1. Optionally add ~6 turns of lead near the eye; start thread and lay a base to the bend.
  2. Tie in a somewhat sparse marabou tail about one shank long using a long plume, leaving the butts long. They become the wing case.
  3. Catch in copper wire for the rib.
  4. Tie in a burnt-orange saddle hackle by the tip.
  5. Dub a slim body forward, ending about one eye-length behind the eye. Keep it lean, not full.
  6. Palmer the hackle forward, then counter-rib with the copper wire to lock it; tie off.
  7. Pull the leftover marabou butts forward over the top as a wing case, tie down one eye-length back and trim; build a smooth head, whip finish and cement.

Other versions

1 more in the app: Beadhead.

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