What it imitates
A general scruffy nymph or emerging sedge — a bit of everything.
When to fish it
Rivers and lakes all season, especially when you're not sure what's hatching.
Materials
- Hare's mask dubbing
- Gold oval tinsel
- Pheasant tail fibres
- Brown thread
Steps
- 1
Tie in a short tail of hare guard hairs or pheasant tail fibres and the gold rib.
- 2
Dub a tapered body, slim at the back and thicker at the front.
- 3
Wind the rib forward in even turns and tie it off.
- 4
Dub a scruffy thorax, pick out the guard hairs with a needle and whip finish.