Yellow Stonefly Nymph

Nymph

Tied By Darrell Olson

Hook: 3X-long nymph hook, Size 16

Thread: 8/0, Yellow

Materials-

bead: 3/32-inch, black

weighted wire: Lead-free round wire, .020

Dubbing Ball: Awesome Possum, Golden Stone

rib: Ultra Wire, brassie size, gold

tail: Yellow goose biots

back: pheasant tail fibers, dyed yellow

abdomen: Awesome Possum, Golden Stone

wing case: pheasant tail fibers, dyed yellow

thorax: Awesome Possum, Golden Stone

Notes:

Stonefly nymphs are aquatic, flattened, with 6 sprawling legs and with a segmented abdomen bearing 2 long antenna-like “tails” (cerci). The antennae on the head are long, too. Gills are tuft like and usually positioned at the bases of the legs, on the underside of the body. Each foot has 2 claws. The lengths of the nymph are ½ to 1½ inches.