UV Pink Bug- by Lucian Vasies

featured, Fly Patterns, Step-by-Step Tutorials — By Kevin Hospodar on October 18, 2012 1:24 pm

Materials:
Hook: Demmon 100BL #14
Thread: Demmon Hot Spot Thread -fluo orange
Body: UV Pink Peter’s Ribbing Quill
Wire: Hends Red wire
Thorax: Troutline super nymph dubbing – hot pink
Bead: Bidoz Pink bead
See more of Lucians flies at http://www.flyfisher.ro/

Slide on your bead and place your hook

Attach your thread and secure your wire rib and Ribbing Quill

Wrap your thread back into the bend of the hook, keeping the wire and the quill firmly against the hook. Advance your thread back to the bead and then the quill.

Counter rib your wire back up the bead, then secure and trim

Apply dubbing to the thread and begin dubbing the thorax

Continue building up the thorax, then whip finish and trim the thread

Finished fly

Here are some variations on the pink color combo.

No rib

Thread tag/hot spot

Variations of bead , rib, and thorax color make the possibilities endless

Tags: Beginner, Lucian Vasies, Nymph, UV