NYMPHS & WETS
RUBBER LEGGED
STONEFLY
Stoneflies
thrive in the
rubble
of cold well oxygenated rivers & streams. They are an available
food
source throughout the season and fish may feed on them to the exclusion
of all other food sources particularly during hatches. The nymphs crawl
along the bottom and exit the water at the stream or river edge where
they
hatch into stoneflies. To imitate this action the fly must be well
weighted.
Colours include browns, olives, tans and blacks.
MATERIALS:
Hook - 8 to
12
Long Shank.
Weight
- Fine
lead wire.
Thread
- To
suit colour.
Tail &
antenna
- Turkey biot.
Ribbing
- Fine
copper wire.
Body, thorax
& head
- Squirrel dubbing in colour to suit.
Wing case -
Three separate
sections of turkey feather clipped to shape and lacquered prior to
tying.
Legs
- Rubber
to suit colour.
A)
- Wind the
thread in touching turns from the eye of the hook
to the bend.
- Add lead
wire to the centre 2/3 of the hook.
- Tie in a
matching set of turkey biots V style for the tail.
- Tie in a
length of fine copper wire.
- Tie in a
matching set of turkey biots V style for the
antenna.
- Tie in a
little dubbing in front of and behind the lead wire
to form a tapered under-body.
- Dub the
body to form a neat tapered shape.
- Rib the
body with the copper wire
with between 8 & 10
segments.
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B)
- After
lacquering a section of turkey feather and letting it
dry cut three segments of turkey tail feather for use
as the
wing case segments.
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C)
- Tie the
first section of prepared wing case segment over the
body of the fly so that the V of the wing cases is facing the tail of
the fly
and about half way along the hook.
- Tie in a
length of rubber leg material on each side of the
fly at the same point.
- Now tie a
little dubbing over the tread securing the first
wing case segment and the legs to hide the thread.
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D)
- Tie in
the second prepared wing case segment and again hide
the thread with a little dubbing.
- Repeat
this process with the third wing case segment that
should be tied in directly behind the eye of the hook.
- Whip
finish & varnish.
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