FLY
Nymph
Flat-Bodied Nymph
Tied by Christian Andrews
Flat-Bodied Nymph recipe
| Hook | #10 - 18 nymph |
|---|---|
| Thread | brown or black |
| Tail | brown hackle barbs |
| Rib | heavy brown thread |
| Body | Red Fox, dubbed, lacquered, squeezed flat |
| Legs | soft brown rooster hackle tied wet style, clipped top and bottom |
About this fly
Flat-Bodied Nymph: a John Alden Knight fly pattern using the recipe and text in The Founding Flies by Mike Valla Knight used brown feathers from a Rhode Island Red rooster (thigh?)
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
