Damsel Nymph
Dressing
Hook: Kamasan B175 #14
Thread : brown 8/0
Underbody : sticky backed lead
Tail : tan grizzly marabou
Thorax : Partridge SLF Finesse dubbing No 13 Perla
Eyes : 30lb mono
Legs : tan Spanflex (or any other tan coloured rubber legs)
Wind on a thin strip of sticky backed lead from the bend to 2/3 of the way to the eye.
Catch on the thread and wrap the lead to fix it in place.
Cut a short section of 30lb mono, hold in needle nosed pliers and melt both ends to form eyes.
Tie the mono in place just in front of the lead with figure of eight wraps.
Strip the fluff from the bottom half of a plume of grizzly marabou.
Tie in the marabou on top of the lead. Make one loose turn over the stalk and then pull the feather forward to trap the fibres to lie backwards before tying down.
Run the thread back to the bend and dub on a thin spindle of SLF dubbing.
Keep the dubbing spindle narrow as you will make figure of eight wraps over the base of the eyes.
Run the thread back to level with the point of the hook.
Tie in a short piece of Spanflex on the side nearest you with one loose turn. Make sure the Spanflex is sitting in the right place and then make a couple of tight turns.
Do the same on the opposite side and you should have opposing pairs of legs making an X shape when viewed from on top.
Snip off the forward leg on each side.
Run the thread forward and tie in another pair of legs this time keeping all four legs.
Fold the legs backwards and tie off behind the eyes.
Lift up the legs and trim to an equal length (about the same length as the thorax)
Job done.
