Pattern Recipes

NYMPHS

Bead Head Hares Ear (Soft)

• Hook - standard nymph hook - e.g., Mustad 3906B Tiemco 2302 sizes 8 - 16
• Thread - black
• Tail - hare's mask guard hairs
• Body - hare's ear dubbing
• Rib - fine oval gold tinsel
• Wing case - mottled turkey tail
• Thorax - hare's ear dubbing

Bead Head Red Fox Squirrel

• Hook - standard nymph hook - e.g., Mustad 3906B Tiemco 2302 sizes 8 - 16
• Thread - black
• Tail - hare's mask guard hairs
• Body - Red Fox Sparkle dubbing
• Rib - fine oval gold tinsel
• Thorax - Squirrel dubbing

Bead Head Pheasant Tail

• Hook - nymph 2X long
• Bead - gold plastic or brass
• Thread - brown
• Tail - ringneck cock pheasant tail fibers
• Body - pheasant tail fibers wrapped
• Rib - copper wire
• Wing case - ringneck pheasant tail fibers
• Thorax - peacock herl
• Legs - ringneck pheasant tail (tips from wingcase)
• Head - copper wire

Brassie

• Hook: Mustad 94840 #12
• Thread: Black
• Hackle: Peacock herl
• Body: Copper wire

BWO Nymph

• Hook - snymph 2X sizes 14 - 18
• Thread - olive
• Tail - lemon woodduck fibers
• Rib - brown thread
• Body - medium olive rabbit dubbing
• Wingcase - grey goose wing quill fibers
• Thorax - med olive dubbing
• Hackle - brown partridge hackle

Killer Caddis

• Hook - Any scud or shrimp hook sizes 10 - 16
• Thread - olive
• Tail - Caddis green sparkleyarn
• Rib - None
• Body - Plastic beads tied with rabbit fur
• Wingcase - None
• Thorax - med sparke dubbing
• Hackle - Peacock herl