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| Articulate Burrowing Foam Nymph V2.0 |
Re-look into the old pattern, this one is much easier to tie, playing with Palmer Chenille as the gills which the ‘blink blink’ effect may looks like air bubbles trap at the abdomen..
Image from the net on the nymph
Materials:
Palmer Chenille by Wapsi
1.5mm thick close cell foam
40lbs hard wire
TMC 105 Egg fly hook size 6
Pheasant tail fibers
Goose Biots
Dubbing
Marker
Step by step tying instructions:
Cut a short length of 40ls hard wire, bend to shape as the articulate shank for abdomen
Tie in 3 pcs of Pheasant tail fibers
Tie in the Palmer Chenille at the middle of the shank
Tie in the foam
Bring two of the side fibers over and tie the foam
Bring the fibers back and fold over the foam, tie down the foam… this way you will secure the 3 fiber split nicely
Tie in some segment, wind the chenille about 3 rounds, tie down
Split the chenille fibers and tie down the foam
Repeat similar steps, until you have it whip finish near the shank’s eye
Trim the chenille fibers
This is what you get… the abdomen
Prepare the hook
Connect the abdomen with a mono line
Tie in the Palmer Chenille, do 3-4 round of winding… tie down
Trim the fibers
Tie in 3 pairs of Goose biots
Dub in some dubbing to split the legs
Cut a pcs of foam as per the picture
Tie in the foam as the wing case
Dub in more dubbing and tie in a pair for Pheasant tail fiber a the antenna
Fold over the foam and tie down near the eye
Fold the foam over, tie down to create the head
Trim the foam and whip finish
Color with markers
Heat bend the biot to create the legs segment
Ready for fishing…
If you don’t have Palmer Chenille… or you don’t like the ‘blink blink’ sparkling effect… you can replace it with Organza ribbon…
Cheers and have fun tying
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Excellent¡
Congratulations.
Very nice job and patient.
Greetings
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Those are absolutely great. I can only imagine how well those would fish for still-water trout!
cheers
These are fantastic, I have a load of your patterns earmarked to tie over the winter for next year. I particularly like the organza used for the gills on this pattern and I would use a brownish shade to copy our ephemera danica mayfly.
Thank you guys…