What it imitates
A general small nymph — buzzer, olive, take your pick.
When to fish it
Stillwater favourite from spring through autumn, fished slowly on a team of three.
Materials
- Cock pheasant tail fibres
- Fine copper wire
- Peacock herl
- Red holographic tinsel
- Brown hackle fibres for the beard
Steps
- 1
Tie in a small tail of pheasant tail fibres and catch in the copper wire.
- 2
Wind peacock herl forward as the body and rib it with the wire.
- 3
Add two turns of red holographic tinsel at the shoulder as a hot spot.
- 4
Tie a sparse beard of brown hackle fibres under the head and whip finish.