This is a typical imitative all-around fly.

Use it all year round when fishing your favorite streams.

Materials

Hook Kamasan B100, size 10 -16
Weight If you wish, add some lead wire turns
Thread Olive unithread 8/0
Underbody Olive unithread 8/0
Body Olive condor substitute
Thorax Natural hare’s ear, covered with pheasant tail

Step by step

1. Secure the thread
1. Secure the thread
2. Secure the condor substitute by its point with your thread
2. Secure the condor substitute by its point with your thread
3. Form the underbody with the thread to form a nice cone
3. Form the underbody with the thread to form a nice cone
4. Cover the underbody with the condor substiture towards the hook eye, leave 3mm space
4. Cover the underbody with the condor substitute towards the hook eye, leave 3mm space
5. Secure the pheasant tail at 5 mm from the hook eye
5. Secure the pheasant tail at 5 mm from the hook eye
6. Form a dubbing loop with the natural hare's ear
6. Form a dubbing loop with the natural hare’s ear
7. Twist your dubbing loop tightly
7. Twist your dubbing loop tightly
8. Form the thorax with your dubbing loop
8. Form the thorax with your dubbing loop
9. Cover the thorax with 5-6 pheasant tail strands
9. Cover the thorax with 5-6 pheasant tail strands
10. Whip finish
10. Whip finish
11. 11. Point out some fibres from the thorax to simulate the insect's feet
11. 11. Point out some fibres from the thorax to simulate the insect’s feet
12. The end result : a very natural nymph
12. The end result : a very natural nymph
Final fly
Final fly
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