Winter Blacks

[DUBBN]

Winter is approaching fast. One food source that is available to the trout I fish for is the Little Winter Stones. I tie and use a nymph pattern to imitate these bugs. I was messing around tying some nymphs up last night and thought I would revamp them a bit. I omitted the wing case from the thorax and added a collar of hen hackle.

Hook- Dai-Riki 135 size 8
Thread- Uni 8/0 Black
Tail- Gold Goose Biots
Rib- Hot Yellow wire (xsmall)
Abdomen - Medium Black D-Rib
Thorax- Black Ostritch herl
Collar- Black Hen Hackle

[narcodog]

That is super nice..

[tie2fish]

A tasty looking morsel, Wayne. I think your addition of the hackle lends considerable "buggyness" to the basic nymph profile.

[hankaye]

DUBBIN, Howdy;

Based on your succuss with stuffin wire into tubing,
I'd have thought you might try Black thread base stuff some gold or brass wire into some clear tube ???????


Only a suggestion .... I don't have the materials available.....

hank

[letumgo]

Wayne - You read my mind. I have been thinking about doing a stonefly imitation, similar to yours, for a while. I recently watched a video about insects which discussed the behavior of stoneflies. The video showed that when stoneflies are dislodged, they tend to curve their bodies and decent thru the water column on their backs. Once they hit the bottom of the stream, they flip over and crawl for cover. A fish may get accustomed to seeing any dislodged stoneflies in this curved shape/sinking behavior. The video got me thinking about using a curved caddis hook for stonefly imitations. I was thinking of running a folded strip of leadfree wire along the top edge of the hook. The idea is to add a bit more weight to the topside of the hook shank to make sure it flips over as it drops thru the water column, similar to the natural stonefly. The wire would help broaden the profile, again like the natural insect.

I think your fly will be very successful.

[willowhead]

WOW! cool beans.....cool fly, cool ideas, cool thoughts, cool plan.....just cool all around. To cool.....

[DUBBN]

Ray, I use 30lb mono tyed to the sides of the shank to achieve the flat look of the Stone abdomen. I should get some larger for a more dramatic look. Lead wire can also be incorporated. I hope the pics I took illustrate that. Sorry, it's a nymph and not a Flymph.



lashed to the sides..

[hankaye]

DUBBIN, Howdy;

Nice show-n-tell...

Thanks

hank

[Kelly L.]

That is one hot fly there...excellent!

[William Anderson]

I'll have to mark this as something for winter tying, when I get my things back out this will be on my list. I've used the mono along the shank on some stonefly patterns as well with a tan silk body which makes for a large/wide translucent body. These little blacks are really nice. Thanks for the construction drawings. Nice post.

w