Nymph Skin Pupa- by Leif Ehnstrom

featured, Fly Patterns, Step-by-Step Tutorials — By Kevin Hospodar on December 27, 2010 6:01 am

Materials List

Hook: Partridge Czech Nymph Hook size #12

Thread: Semperfli Nano Silk, light olive
Head: Baetis Green-Olive Nymph-Head™ Heavy Metal tungsten bead
Body: Nymph Skin tanned with green marker
Thorax: SLF Squirrel dubbing dark olive
Collar: Just under thorax, hen saddle as false hackle
Wingbuds: Medallion sheeting or similar material

STEP 1 and 2

Attach the Nymph-Head™ Heavy Metal tungsten bead.  Tie in the thread and the Nymph Skin for the abdomen. The skin should have an undercolor in light green olive.

STEP 3

Wind the Nymph Skin in overlapping turns up the hook. Change the tension so the most bump is at the rear part of the abdomen. Tie in a few millimeters from the bead.

STEP 4

Now burn the wingbuds from Medallion sheeting or similar using a stonefly burner from Tiemco in the proper size. You can of course use anoter burner. Tie in the buds each side of the abdomen, reaching about half the abdomen

STEP 5

Dub almost the whole thorax.

STEP 6

Take a saddle feather, preferably tinted in olive, and cut off the tip

STEP 7

Hold the feather underneath the fly – just a few of the herls- so that there are herls on both side of the hook. Place a couple of loose turns of the thread over the hackle stem.

STEP 8

Pull the hackle gently until you’ve just passed the stem end. Tie in and cut the butts. You have now got a bunch of legs on the pupa.

STEP 9 (Profile and Top view)

Now add some more dubbing and tie in – if you like – a pair of antennas. You can use almost anything but Elk hair is nice. Brush the thorax a little and trim the top. A dot of color for the eyes and the pupa is ready to get wet and catch some fish…

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