A jig where the bead is masked
Nick Thomas
Nymph
Easy
- Push the hook point through the middle of a piece of 3mm ribbon next to the woven edge and then thread on the tungsten bead.
- Run on the thread and build up turns to lock the bead in place.
- Fold the ribbon around the sides of the bead, tie in and trim off the waste ends.
- Take the thread down to the bend, catch in the tail fibres and bind down up the shank.
- Tie in the rib at the bend, dub the abdomen and wind the rib in open turns.
- Tie in the rib, remove the waste and add a couple of turns of thorax dubbing.
- Strip the base of a partridge hackle, snip out the tip to form a V and tie in with the fibres on either side of hook.
- Dub the thorax up to bead, smear the thread with varnish and whip finish.
| Hook | Sprite S2200 #12 |
| Bead | Get Slotted 3.3mm copper jig off tungsten |
| Thread | To match body color |
| Mask | 3mm brown organza ribbon |
| Tails | Pheasant tail |
| Abdomen | Yellow and medium olive Vicuna dubbing |
| Legs | Yellow partridge |
| Thorax | Natural pine squirrel |
