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Roza's Colored Water Fly

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook barbless jig hook, 12-16
  • Thread Black 70D

Materials

  • Slotted tungsten bead Silver or gold slotted tungsten bead (1, sized to hook)
  • Tail Coq de Leon (pardo) (few fibers)
  • Body Black ostrich herl (thread or dubbing)
  • Rib Pearl tinsel (1 strand)
  • Hot spot collar Fire orange (small pinch)

How to tie it

  1. Slide the slotted tungsten bead onto the jig hook; seat it and start black thread.
  2. Lay a base to the bend and tie in a short sparse Coq de Leon tail, half a shank.
  3. Tie in a strand of pearl tinsel for the rib at the tail.
  4. Dub or wrap a slim black body two-thirds of the way forward.
  5. Rib the pearl tinsel forward in 5-6 open turns for a bright, segmented flash that shows up in murky water; tie off.
  6. Dub a short fire-orange hot-spot collar behind the bead. Black and fire orange are the two colors trout pick out in colored water.
  7. Whip finish behind the bead and cement, or add a thin UV coat over the body.

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