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Rock Crawler Stone

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 5 versions

Reference Recipe

  • Hook 2XL curved nymph (Daiichi 1710), 6
  • Thread Black 6/0

Materials

  • Tungsten bead Jet black (1, 4.6mm)
  • Lead-free wire n/a (0.025, rear 2/3)
  • Barred rubber floss (Sexi Floss) Brown floss (for tail/legs/antennae)
  • Worm/chewy chenille Black chenille (body length)
  • Scud skin Brown permanent marker (6mm strip for shellback)

How to tie it

  1. Slide the black bead to the eye. Wrap lead-free wire over the middle two-thirds, shove it into the bead, and lock it with thread; run the base to the bend.
  2. Tie in a strand of brown barred floss at the bend and split it into a short V for the tails, each about a third of a shank.
  3. Tie in the brown scud skin (shiny side down) and the black chenille at the bend.
  4. Wrap the chenille forward in touching turns to just behind the bead; tie off and snip.
  5. Figure-8 a strand of barred floss across the shank at mid-body and again near the bead so a pair of legs splays each side; trim to a hook gap.
  6. Tie in a floss strand pointing forward over the bead and split it for antennae; then pull the scud skin over the top as a shellback and bind it behind the bead.
  7. Whip finish and coat the shellback with UV resin or head cement.

Other versions

4 more in the app: Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 1, Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 2, Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 3, Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 4.

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