This is a nice nymph pattern I have tied for years. Size 14-16 hook, 8/0 black thread. Dark dun hackle barbs are used for the tail and the wingcase. A copper wire rib is tied in at the bend. A dry fly quality dun hackle is tied in at the bend by the tip and tightly palmered up the shank of the hook in the abdomen area. I then trim the wound hackle pretty close to form a gill like appearance (ostrich herl could be used to). Then the wire ribbing is wound up the abdomen area and tied off where the abdomen area starts. Dun hackle fibers are tied in for a wingcase. A thorax is dubbed with dark hare’s ear or any dark dubbing. Now here is something not too many tiers utilize anymore….a beard…which is formed from with the barbs a black hackle feather. A bunch of the black barbs are tucked under the thorax and held there while thread wraps help position the barbs beneath and slightly to the sides of the thorax.
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