Riley nymph

 

This Joe Riley fly is a very generic representation of a mayfly nymph tied on a Czech nymph type hook. A good buggy looking fly that also has a hot spot emerging wing of UV material.

Tied in a number of weights this is a must fly for any Tasmanian river fly box.

Materials
Hook TBH Thread Tail Rib Body Under collar Collar
Knapek G #10 to #14 Gold Brown Brown partridge Fine copper wire Chocolate hares ear plus dubbing Pearl UV Peacock 82 green dubbing

Process

 

A
  1. Most beads have a large opening at one end and a smaller opening at the other. Slide a tungsten bead over the point of the hook small opening first and position it behind the eye of the hook.
  2. Wind the thread in touching turns to the bend of the hook.
  3. If your going to add extra weight do that now. /li>
  4. Tie in a tail equal 1/2 to 2/3 the length of the hook shank. Resist the temptation to make the tail too bulky and too long.
  5. Tie in a length of fine copper wire.

 

B
  1. Dub on a slim tapered body along the length of the fly.

 

C
  1. Wind the wire ribbing along the body of the fly forming 5 or 6 segments.
  2. Take several touching turns of the copper wire behind the bead head before worrying off the excess wire.

 

D
  1. Take a small bunch of pearl UV dubbing and dub on an under-collar.
  2. Using a bit of Velcro tease out the tiniest bit of UV dubbing.

 

E
  1. Roll a small amount of the green peacock dubbing onto the thread and dub on a collar taking care to leave a few strands of the pearl UV dubbing exposed.
  2. Take several tight wraps of thread directly behind the bead.
  3. Whip finish behind the bead, trim the thread and varnish the thread behind the bead and the bead itself. If you don't varnish the bead it will tarnish quite quickly.

 



Last Updated: February 21, 2012
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Categories: Bead head nymphs, Flies, Trout flies