Yellow Stonefly Nymph

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.