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Limeade

Hook - Jig style
Bead - Anodized green brass/tungsten
Weight - Lead free wire
Thread - Olive
Tail - Any barred feather fibers
Body - Green holographic tinsel
Thorax - Olive sybai fine spectra flash dubbing

Coat the body area with a small amount of crazy glue prior to wrapping the tinsel forward and then overcoat with uv resin.



Orange Crush

Hook - Jig style
Bead - Anodized orange brass/tungsten
Weight - Lead free wire
Thread - Olive
Tail - Any barred feather fibers
Body - Orange holographic tinsel
Thorax - Olive sybai fine spectra flash dubbing

Coat the body area with a small amount of crazy glue prior to wrapping the tinsel forward and then overcoat with uv resin



Root Beer Float

Hook - Jig style
Bead - White brass/tungsten
Weight - Lead free wire
Thread - Brown
Tail - Any barred feather fibers
Body - Brown holographic tinsel
Thorax - Brown sybai fine spectra flash dubbing

Coat the body area with a small amount of crazy glue prior to wrapping the tinsel forward and then overcoat with uv resin.

Norm,
The two coatings you mentioned, Crazy Glue and UV resin, makes these beauties practically bulletproof! I like that! Your patterns above are exceptional!
Doug

sometimes uv resin cracks and may flake off

crazy glue should keep the tinsel adhered for awhile

Hot Toddy

Hook - Jig style
Bead - Gold brass/tungsten
Weight - Lead free wire
Thread - Wood duck
Tail - Any barred feather fibers
Body - Tying thread over wrapped with clear hollow tubing
Thorax - Yellow dubbing

norm, Howdy;

Some fine lookin' nymphs sir.
Always helps me get the eyes open with the first cuppa coffee.

hank

Pink Dink

Hook - Jig style
Bead - Silver brass/tungsten
Weight - Lead free wire
Thread - Black
Tail - Pink uni stretch
Ribbing - Copper wire
Body - Pheasant tail
Collar - Black thread

Any resemblance to a previously tied fly pattern is purely coincidental

Yup its a frenchie variation

https://tungsten-beads-plus.co.uk/?p=1114

I know they work and euro nymphing I very effective.. hell I do it myself.
But many of the flies commonly used are so……..
I don’t know….
Boring… ?

Johnno wrote: ↑Sat Dec 17, 2022 1:51 pm I know they work and euro nymphing I very effective.. hell I do it myself.
But many of the flies commonly used are so……..
I don’t know….
Boring… ?

Agreed

Magic Mary

Hook - Jig style
Bead - Copper
Thread - Wood duck
Tail: Coq de Leon (or any barred feather fibers_
Underbody - Tying thread
Body - Hends Perdigon 1/69 Black Copper Shine PBF45*
Thorax - Hends Pearl Round Ribbing PRR30**
UV resin to finish

*I used Heddon 6972

**I used Heddon 1366

https://tungsten-beads-plus.co.uk/?p=877

Great looking flies.

Where's the Margarita?