Building the line stock options, Heather Nymph Recipe

[Tom Butler]

Used some points yesterday and got a clearwater intermediate line to supplement the other sinking lake lines I use, a 10' and 16' sink tip, and a type 6. Nice when the fish were cruising shallow early, and it will fish deeper than sink tips, but gotta be patient. Three casts in a row at 50 I twitched it and pulled a fish. I felt it kept the fly in that 5-12' zone pretty well for a full retrieve. The more I fish this rod the more I like it.

A heather nymph was the most productive


and the fish did this thin mint in, clipped the rear1/2 the hackle as it came undone.


One of the fellows got his fish scooped and had to break it off, they just kept close and fished around us, diving in and struggling to get aloft again.

 

[Zak]

Nice flies and fish! Could you share the recipe for that Heather Nymph? It looks a little different (and better) than the ones I see online.

 

[Tom Butler]

Nice flies and fish! Could you share the recipe for that Heather Nymph? It looks a little different (and better) than the ones I see online.

From Flies of the Northwest, IEFFC. This has been one of my go to flies for years, especially once damsels become active. The one I fished today had a marabou tail.

 

[Merle]

thanks, that is a good looking nymph... going to tie some up! Looks like it was inspired by the famous Green butt Skunk steelhead fly (or maybe the other way around).

-andy

 

[Zak]

From Flies of the Northwest, IEFFC. This has been one of my go to flies for years, especially once damsels become active. The one I fished today had a marabou tail.
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Your fly looks like the rear half is two-toned, tannish near the tail and then insect green in the middle next to the peacock herl. Is that just a trick of the light?

 

[Tom Butler]

Your fly looks like the rear half is two-toned, tannish near the tail and then insect green in the middle next to the peacock herl. Is that just a trick of the light?

the marabou color is changing the tone of the insect green chenille I think (bleeding).

 

[surf12foot]

From Flies of the Northwest, IEFFC. This has been one of my go to flies for years, especially once damsels become active. The one I fished today had a marabou tail.
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All of these years, talking back in the early 80's. My high school English, Natural History and Oceanography teaches where guides on the Rogue during the summer time and had me tie these by the hundreds. The half pounders would go nuts for them. They didn't know the name of the fly just some old timer gave them a handful on the river and swore by it. Now I know the name- THANKS...

 

[Tom Butler]

All of these years, talking back in the early 80's. My high school English, Natural History and Oceanography teaches where guides on the Rogue during the summer time and had me tie these by the hundreds. The half pounders would go nuts for them. They didn't know the name of the fly just some old timer gave them a handful on the river and swore by it. Now I know the name- THANKS...

My 7th grade shop teacher and fly club leader, 1975 or 6, had us tie them and Carey Specials, for our June graduation trip to Lenice, and I've been fishing them since.