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Shotglass Baetis

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Curved-shank emerger/nymph hook (TMC 2499SP-BL), 14-18
  • Thread White (body) and black (thorax) 70D / 14/0

Materials

  • Bead Red brass (or glass/tungsten) bead (1, small)
  • Tail Natural India hen back fibers (few short fibers)
  • Abdomen White thread ribbed with black Superhair (1 strand rib)
  • Wing case / flashback Medium pearl mylar + white Fluorofibre (1 strip each)
  • Legs White fluorofibre (few fibers)

How to tie it

  1. Slide the red brass bead to the eye, positioning it as the thorax; start white thread behind it.
  2. Tie in a short sparse tail of hen back fibers at the bend, about a half shank long.
  3. Bind in a strand of black Superhair at the bend to rib, then build a slim smooth abdomen with the white thread forward to the bead.
  4. Rib the abdomen with 5-6 evenly spaced turns of black Superhair to segment it and tie off, keeping the profile thin, a baetis nymph is a sliver.
  5. Switch to black thread behind the bead; tie in a strip of pearl mylar and a length of white Fluorofibre pointing back over the abdomen for the wing case and flashback.
  6. Build a small black thorax collar behind the bead, then pull the pearl mylar over the top as a wing case and bind it down.
  7. Split a few Fluorofibre fibers to the sides as legs, whip finish, snip, then glaze the back and thorax with a thin coat of UV resin.

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