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I can remember the first time I tied this fly. I had lost a few nymphs during the day and had limited resources on hand to make up some replacements. A little dubbing and a few church window feather (rein neck pheasant) later and the church nymph was born. It's not dissimilar to many other nymphs I have seen. I like to fish it bouncing along the bottom in faster streams or in still water fished almost static it works like a dream. I now tie it using Church window or black duck feathers which I match to complementary dubbing to give me a range of colours in this fly.

Materials

Process

A	Wind the thread in touching turns to the bend of the hook. Cut the center V out of a church window feather and tie it in at the bend of the hook as a tail. Dub a tin body over the rear half of the hook.

B	Tie the balance of the church window feather in by its butt just behind the eye of the hook.

C	Hold the hackle with hackle pliers right in where the V of the tail was cut and wrap it around the hook shank. There is generally only enough church window for 2 wraps around the hook shank and that is plenty. Tie the feather off with thread and if necessary (and its generally not) trim the butt end of the church window feather.

D	Slide the fingers of your right hand (if your right handed) over the front of the fly forcing the hackle to lay back and tie them into place with one or two wraps of thread. Apply some dubbing to the thread and dub on a head that is thicker than the body. Whip finish and varnish the thread at the eye of the hook.

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