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This is a hybrid of a spider fly and a bead head nymph with a tungsten bead up front and is particularly useful in situations where I need a bit of weight to get a fly down yet still want the anchor fly to fish well and be enticing to trout rather than just being an anchor for other flies in the team. Hybrid spider nymphs are good buggy looking flies and the tail and soft hackle provide plenty of movement. One of these hybrid spider nymphs on the top dropper and two unweighted spiders or nymphs below can be a real tease for trout.

Materials

Process

A	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. Beads as eyes or for weight Wind the thread in touching turns to the bend of the hook. Understanding hooks Tie in a tail of hackle fibres. Take care not to make the tail too heavy 4 to 6 hackle fibres is generally enough. Tie in a length of silver wire on top of the hook shank.

B	Tie in 2 to 4 peacock herl depending on the size of the fly and quality of the herl. Create a herl rope with the thread and peacock herl.

C	Wind it forward creating a thin uniform shaped body. Tie the herl off behind the bead and trim the excess.

D	Wind the wire forward creating 4 or 5 segments in the body of the fly. Take 2 extra turns of the wire behind the bead and worry off the excess.

E	Tie a brown pheasant feather in by the tip just a smidge back from the bead.

F	Trim the tip of the brown pheasant feather off and take just 1 or 2 full turns just a smidge back from the bead. Tie the hackle off and trim away the butt end with a sharp blade

G	Whip finish behind the bead. The easiest way is to do quad hitch or two. Whip finishing behind a bead using multiple hitches Trim the thread and varnish the collar and the bead itself. If you don't varnish the bead it may tarnish quite quickly.

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