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This is just a great all round nymph. Whilst this nymph is not tied to represent the nymphal (sub imago or pupa) stage of any specific insect it is a good "buggy" looking fly and readily accepted by trout. Tie it in black, brown, dark olive, claret as well as Red Tag and Adams or Hare & Copper colours and carry a larger (size #10) and smaller (size #14) version of each.

Materials

Hook	Thread	Tail	Rib	Weight	Body, thorax & legs	Wing casing
Size 10 & 14 long shank (Knapek N or Tiemco 3761 SPL)	To suit body	Feather fibres	Fine copper wire	Lead wire if required	Dubbing	Pheasant tail fibres or rubber shrimp back

Process

A	Wind the thread in touching turns to the bend of the hook. Understanding hooks 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. Tails on flies Tie in a length of copper wire. Creating body segments If you going to add weight to the fly now is the time to do it. One of the easiest ways is to use lead wire. Wind the lead wire around the hook shank placing it as far forward as possible. This will enhance the swimming action of the fly. Wind the thread forward and then back over the lead to secure it in position. You can also add a drop of head varnish if you like. There are of course other ways of adding weight to a fly. Adding weight to a fly

B	Dub on a body starting at almost nothing and gradually increasing in width along the back half of the fly. Wind the copper wire along the body of the fly forming 5 or 6 segments. Tie the copper wire off at the half way point and worry the excess copper wire off.

C	Tie in the back material directly in front of the body.

D	Hold the back material out of the way and dub on the thorax making it about 50% thicker than the thickest part of the body. Pull the back material over the top of the fly and whilst holding it tight and in place tie it off just behind the eye of the hook. Trim the excess back material whip finish and varnish the thread head.