What it imitates
A heavy, flashy mayfly nymph that gets down fast.
When to fish it
Deep or quick water as the anchor fly on a nymph rig, all season.
Materials
- Copper wire in two sizes
- Goose biots for the tail
- Peacock herl
- Thin Skin or turkey for the wing case
- Flashback tinsel
- UV resin
- Black thread
Steps
- 1
Bead the hook, add a few turns of lead wire under the thorax and start the thread.
- 2
Tie in two goose biots as a split tail at the bend.
- 3
Wind copper wire forward in touching turns to form the segmented body.
- 4
Tie in the wing case material and flash, then wind a peacock herl thorax.
- 5
Add legs, pull the wing case over, whip finish and coat the case in UV resin.