Bird's Nest

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nfrechet
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Bird's Nest

Post by nfrechet » Wed Aug 04, 2021 6:56 am

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Bird’s Nest

Hook – Mustad S80-3906, S82-3906B or equivalent, size 8-16

Thread – Tan or brown

Tail - Barred imitation lemon wood duck fibers

Ribbing – Gold or copper wire

Body – Hares ear dubbing

Legs - Barred imitation lemon wood duck fibers

Head - Hares ear dubbing

I substituted imitation lemon wood duck feathers to preserve my limited supply of the real lemon wood duck feathers. The fish will never know the difference.

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https://flyfishingthesierra.com/birdnest.htm
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Re: Bird's Nest

Post by letumgo » Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:16 pm

One my favorite all around nymph patterns. Very effective fly.
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Re: Bird's Nest

Post by Fishnkilts » Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:59 pm

Nice slick body. This is one I will have to tie.
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Re: Bird's Nest

Post by Old Hat » Thu Aug 05, 2021 7:49 pm

One of my favorite wet flies. I’ve never understood why this was designed as a Caddis pattern. I’ve always used it more for mayfly hatches.
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Re: Bird's Nest

Post by DUBBN » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:40 pm

When I was using the Birdsnest, and Tabou Caddis, I treated them as attractor patterns.

They seem to work durring any hatch.
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Re: Bird's Nest

Post by FlyFisherMann1955 » Thu Aug 12, 2021 4:30 am

Norm,

Has a great "buggy" look!

What technique did you use for tying in the legs? They are nicely distributed around the fly,
similar to what you would see with wrapping a hen hackle around the hook.

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Re: Bird's Nest

Post by wsbailey » Thu Aug 12, 2021 8:20 am

This article tells how Cal Bird got the flank fibers evenly around the body.

https://singlebarbed.com/2007/08/25/birds-nest/

The RIT color maple brown sugar.

https://www.ritdye.com/color-formulas/m ... own-sugar/
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Re: Bird's Nest

Post by nfrechet » Thu Aug 12, 2021 3:38 pm

i used the method of distributing the hackle fibers around the hook shank as mentioned in the link above
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Re: Bird's Nest

Post by wsbailey » Fri Aug 13, 2021 10:38 pm

This link shows Bird's original materials.

http://www.flytyingforum.com/index.php? ... irds-nest/
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