Time to put some materials on all these TMC Competition Jig Hooks I have accumulated in the past several months…I will also be using TMC 100SPBL, TMC 2499 SP BLB and some TMC 103BL hooks for the majority of the ties. Some of these will be sent to Michael for a trip he is planning with Aimee up to Roscoe, NY and the waters in that area…as usual, I will put the patterns up, shoot the materials then include the recipes and whatever else slips into my mind…
COMPLETED EURO NYMPH BOX…
What I get to see… while tying flies…
PURPLE PEARL PT NYMPH …
Materials for PURPLE PEARL PT NYMPH…
HOOK: TMC 100SP BL, #12 – #18
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0, Black
TAIL: Coq De Leon, Medium, Speckled
ABDOMEN: Pheasant Tail Fibers, Purple
RIB: Lagartun Silver Wire, SM or Fine
THORAX: Arizona Simi Seal, #.14, Purple
PEARL HOT SPOT: Pearl Glimmer Thread
BEAD: Plummeting Tungsten Bead, sized to hook
It’s Spring, it’s the East Walker River..What?…I wasn’t going to do something in PURPLE ?
Michael, playing out a drift on the East Walker River…
ELECTRIC BROWN/OLIVE NYMPH …
Materials for ELECTRIC BROWN/OLIVE NYMPH …
HOOK: TMC 103SP BL, #17 – #21
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0 Black
TAIL: Coq De Leon, Medium, Speckled
ABDOMEN: Pheasant Tail Fibers, Olive
RIB: Ultra Wire, Metallic Green
THORAX: UV Ice Dub, Brown
BEAD: Black Tungsten, Sized to hook
Just a little olive nymph for Olives and Baetis…
PINK TAG UV 2 PALMERED PEACOCK JIG NYMPH …
Materials for PINK TAG UV 2 PALMERED PEACOCK JIG NYMPH …
HOOK: TMC C400BL, #14 – #16
WEIGHT: 0.10 Lead or Lead Sub.
THREAD: Danville 6/0, White
TAG: Electric Shrimp Angel Hair
ABDOMEN: UV 2 Peacock Eye, Natural
RIB: Ultra Wire, Fl. Chartreuse, SM
HACKLE: Palmered – #.2, Hen Neck, Dun
HOT SPOT: Datum Glo-Brite, #.3, Red
BEAD: Silver Tungsten, Sized to hook
A general Caddis Attractor which may be fished dead drift or swung in the current (like up against the bank, down there)…
Good bank water to drop that Caddis imitation (above) and let it swing in the current below…the East Walker River…
The kind of water we like for heavy, tungsten bead and wire wrap nymphs…the East Walker River…
…and pay close attention to the edges. I saw three, over 20″ Browns, laying under this grass carpet in the East Walker, while Michael was casting in the above photo…
RED QUILL TRIGGER NYMPH …
Materials RED QUILL TRIGGER NYMPH…
HOOK: TMC 103 BL, #13 – #15
WEIGHT: 0.10 Lead or Lead Sub. wire
TAIL: Coq De Leon, Dark, Speckled
ABDOMEN: Premo Goose Biots, Red Quill – this was a Shane Stalcup product, distributed by Hareline – just find the longest biots possible – tie in notch down
TRIGGER SPOT: Orange Flashabou, Marabou Motion
THORAX: SLF Spikey Squirrel Dubbing, Brown/Olive
BEAD: Plummeting Tungsten, Metallic Brown – undersized to hook
* Coat with UV resin of choice prior to wrapping thorax
Yes, there are RED QUILL May Flies in the Sierras…this is for that bug – (Timpanoga hecuba hecuba -East Slope…hecuba pacifica – West Slope)…
PINK SPOT NYMPH …
Materials for the PINK SPOT NYMPH…(missing) Pink Holographic Flashabou…I will fix that… 
…FIXED !!!
Any ties that I do using UV Knot Sense, Clear Goo or ANY other UV resin, after a torch on the vise…gets it’s time on the block, in the SUN…
HOOK: TMC 103 BL, #17 – #21
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0, Brown
TAIL: Coq De Leon:, Medium, Speckled
ABDOMEN: Stripped Peacock Eye, Natural – Spirit River – *they no longer offer this product, so it’s make your own…or order from (my friend Marc Fauvet loves these) HERE –
PINK SPOT: Pink Holographic Flashabou
BEAD: Copper Tungsten, undersized to hook
* Coat with UV resin – your call
A style of nymph that has become popular in France, Spain and Germany in the last several years. I wanted to try some out on Eastern Sierra Trout to check out their interest…
MON NYMPH …
Materials for the MON NYMPH…
HOOK: TMC 2499 SP-BLB, #18
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0, Black
TAIL: Coq De Leon, Medium, Speckled
ABDOMEN: Mottled Olive Nymph Rib – from Tiewell – *coat with SHAN, for durability
THORAX: SLF Spikey Squirrel Dubbing, Black
BEAD: Black Tungsten
Something small with a hint of flash for dark days on the east Walker River…Tiewell has some other interesting color combinations for small patterns…check the link above…
UV 2 HW FRENCHIE – Egan/Variant…TMC 100SP BL, #14 – #20…or TMC 403 BLJ #12 – #16…
Materials for UV 2 HW FRENCHIE…
HOOK: TMC 100 SP BL, #14 – #20
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0 Brown or Ultra 70 Denier, Brown on larger size hooks
WEIGHT: 0.10 or 0.15 Lead or Lead Sub. wire
TAIL: Coq De Leon, Light, Speckled
ABDOMEN: Pheasant Tail Fibers, Natural – or your call
RIB: Ultra Wire, Hot Orange, SM
THORAX: UV 2 Scud Shrimp Pink Dubbing
HOT SPOT: Datum Glo-Brite, # .5 , Fl. Orange
A Lance Egan pattern the has been around for awile, jazzed up with some hot wire and UV 2 dubbing…try these on Daiichi 1120 or TMC 2457 hooks too. I see that ORVIS finally got the word on this pattern …last month…
EURO JIG NYMPH (GGC) Parrott/Variant …
Materials for EURO JIG NYMPH (GGC)…
HOOK: TMC 403 BLJ, #12 – #16
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0 Black
WEIGHT: 0.10 Lead or Lead Sub’ wire
TAIL: Coq De Leon, Dark, Speckled
ABDOMEN: Black Glitter Thread – Cascade Crest
TRIGGER SPOT: DNA Holo Chromosome – Short strand – * Coat with SHAN for durability
THORAX: Arizona Synthetic Peacock, Dark Hares Ear
BEAD: Plummeting Tungsten Bead, Metallic Green, Sized to hook
A take-off of a Steve Parrott design, from Blue Quill Angler. He is among the first I have seen to use a “trigger spot” – first on Midges and now on nymphs... from experience, the trigger spot works…
RED RAINBOW PT …
Materials RED RAINBOW PT…
HOOK: TMC 100 SP BL, #18 – #20
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0, Black
TAIL: Coq De Leon, Medium Speckled
ABDOMEN: Pheasant Tail Fibers, Red
RIB: Ultra Wire, X-sm, Gunmetal Blue
THORAX: Arizona Diamond hair, #.23, Rainbow
HOT SPOT: Ultra 70 Denier, Fl. Pink
BEAD: Plummeting Tungsten Bead, Red, sized to hook
A small, searching pattern, when ‘Bows or browns are keying on RED...
SPECKLED CANARY NYMPH …
That little yellow guy works here, in August, when I have come across a blizzard hatch of Sulpher-like Mayflies which I actually think is this –Drunella spinifera – at 6AM…The Stillwater River, MT…there are some other places, in the Sierras, where this pattern would be effective…
Materials for SPECKLED CANARY NYMPH…
HOOK: TMC 103 BL, #17 – #21
THREAD: Tiemco 16/o, Cahill
Tail: Coq De Leon, Medium Speckled
ABDOMEN: Lady Amherst Tail Fibers, Yellow/Black
RIB: Lagartun Copper Wire, Fine or X-Fine
THORAX: Arizona Synthetic Dubbing, Burnt Orange
BEAD: Plummeting Tungstn Bead, Metallic Brown, sized to hook
A little yellow nymph for a May Fly I see from time to time…
CBC PT JIG NYMPH …
Materials CBC PT JIG NYMPH…
HOOK: TMC C400 BL, #12 – #16
THREAD: Ultra 78 denier, Black – Under Abdomen,,, Tiemco 16/0, Black – Thorax forward
WEIGHT: 0.10 Lead or Lead Sub. Wire
TAIL: Coq De Leon, Medium Speckled
OVER ABDOMEN: Pheasant tail Fibers, Brown
RIB: Ultra Wire, Copper/Brown, SM or BR
THORAX: Arizona Simi=Seal, # .18, Canadian Brown
BEAD: Copper Tungsten Sized to Hook
Yhis is a generic Brown May Fly imitation to mimic many of the bugs present in the biomass of East Slope of the Sierra waters…meant to be fished deep with just a hint of flash in the thorax. Simi-Seal comes in a wide range of colors and I use a lot of it on my May Fly patterns…
E. delantala ( Attenela delantala )…MONO BUG …
Yeah easy…
Mono County, California…
…other MONO BUGS of interest…
MOO…tossing BUGS in Mono County…
Materials for the MONO BUG…
HOOK: TMC 100 SP BL, #16
THREAD: Veevus 16/0, Light Cahill – Thorax forward
TAIL: Bronze Mallard Fibers
ABDOMEN: 70 Denier Ultra, Yellow
RIB: Flashabou, Holographic Brown
OVER RIB: Lagartun Wire, Fine, Gold – * Coat abdomen with SHAN
WING CASE: Strands of DNA Holo Fusion, Black
THORAX: UV Ice Dub, Yellow
BEAD: Gold Tungsten, 3/32″
A pattern for a May Fly only seen in some areas of the Western US…Mono County and certain of it’s waters – has them and this is the nymph…
OLIVE FLASH EURO JIG NYMPH – Parrott/Variant …
Materials for the OLIVE FLASH EURO JIG NYMPH…
HOOK: TMC C400BL, #12 -#16
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0, Black
TAIL: Coq De Leon, Medium, Speckled
ABDOMEN: 70 denier, Ultra, Olive Green
RIB: Ultra wire, Black, x-sm
BETWEEN RIB: 1 Strand, Dark Olive DNA Holo Fusion – * Coat with SHAN
THORAX: Arizona Synthetic Peacock, Light
BEAD: Black Tungsten, sized to hook
A Steve Parrott design from Umpqua and Blue Quill Angler’s in Colorado…his stuff works !
MOO with a Brown that took one of Pop’s Flashy Nymphs, on the East Walker River…
HOT CHOCOLATE RUST…
Materials for HOT CHOCOLATE RUST…
HOOK: TMC C400 BL, #14 -#16
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0, Dark Brown
TAG: 1 Strand, DNA Holo Fusion, Brown
TAIL: Lemon Woodduck Fibers
ABDOMEN: Lagartun, 74 Denier Thread, Rusty Brown
RIB: Ultra Wire, SM, Hot Orange – *Coat with SHAN
THORAX: Ice Dub, UV Brown
BEAD: Copper Tungsten, sized to hook
Anywhere the bottom of the stream bed is a rusty brown color, I toss rusty brown nymphs – it seems to work out well…
One of the places I would use that HOT CHOCOLATE RUST…Above Buffalo Jump on the Stillwater River, MT…
LOB … (Little Olive BUG) Nymph …
Materials for LOB … (Little Olive BUG) Nymph…
HOOK: TMC 2499 SP BLB, #16 – #18
THREAD: Tiemco16/0, Black
WEIGHT: 0.10 Lead or Lead Sub. wire – keep it in the thorax area
TAIL: Coq De Leon, Dark, Speckled
ABDOMEN: Veevus 16/0, Olive Dun Thread
RIB: Ultra Wire, x-sm, Black – * Coat with SHAN
THORAX: Arizona Pheasant Tail Dubbing
BEAD: Black Tungsten, sized to hook
Just a generic little Olive Nymph, with lots of weight, to bounce on the bottom with a Cream or Olive Miracle Midge to be used as a trailer, that will slide in the water column, a bit higher…
G. VIOLET DUSKER NYMPH – TMC 103BL, #15 – #19…
Materials for G. VIOLET DUSKER NYMPH…
HOOK: TMC 103 BL. #15 – #17
WEIGHT: 0.10 Lead or Lead SUB. – keep in the thorax area
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0, Black
TAIL: Coq De Leon, Dark, Speckled
ABDOMEN: Purple Glitter Thread – Cascade Crest
WING CASE: DNA Holographic Chromosome Flash
THORAX: Wapsi Rainbow Sow Scud Dubbing – the Gray, not the Tan
BEAD: Plummeting Tungsten Bead, Purple, sized to hook
Purple is the color in the spectrum that is the last to disappear in deep water. I tie them, as nymphs for use in high, low light and off-color water conditions…Michael just slams the residents on the East Walker River with patterns I tie in this color when the flows are in the 350cfs. – 450cfs, range…he will get out in the current and wade in places that I might have gone into – years ago...
MOO go “BOOM”, with violet (purple), at dusk, on the East Walker River…
SLIMBOU OLIVE TUNG NYMPH …
I have been asked a couple of times how the Marabou is used for an abdomen…so here goes…
For the hook being used, clip the proper ( your call) number of fibers, at the base , off a Marabou stem. I use select Marabou from Wapsi…here, I am using 4 fibers
Tie in the fibers at the rear of the shank by the TIPS, wrap the thread (Tiemco 16/0, Olive) forward, locking in the tips then back to the tie in point…
Twist the marabou fibers clock-wise around the thread THEN, advance the rope forward to the thorax area…
Tie off the Marabou rope and clip the excess… I add a half hitch here…
Rib the Marabou abdomen – because it is fragile, with material(s) of choice… I am using x-sm Copper wire with 1 strand of Rusty Brown Krystal Flash wrapped – clock wise around the wire for this pattern…and NO, the tail won’t look like that when I am finished…
Materials for SLIMBOU OLIVE TUNG NYMPH…
HOOK: TMC 103BL, #17 – #21
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0, Olive
TAIL: Lemon Wood Duck Fibers
WEIGHT: 0.10 Lead or Lead Sub. wire
ABDOMEN: Select Marabou Plume Fibers, Light olive – Wapsi
RIB: X-sm Copper wire wrapped with Rusty Brown Krystal Flash
WING CASE: DNA Holo Fusion Fibers, Black
THORAX: SLF Squirrel Spikey Dubbing,Brown/Olive
BEAD: Copper Tungsten sized to hook
A Baetis-y nymph with a darkened wing case getting ready to migrate to the surface and hatch…one could add a strip of black Thin Skin , Scud Back or Black Krystal Flash along the top of the abdomen but, in keeping with the intent of Euro Style patterns, it is kept simpler…This will be plunked in the Lower Owens River around the last week in March…
GREEN TAG DNA JIG …
Materials for GREEN TAG DNA JIG …
HOOK: TMC 403BLJ, #14 – #16
WEIGHT: 0.10 Lead or Lead Sub. wire
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0, Black
TAG: 1/2 Strand Green Zelon
ABDOMEN: Strands of DNA Holo Fusion, Black
RIB: Chartreuse Ulra Wire, sm (#14) or x-sm (#16)
THORAX: UV 2 Scud Dubbing, Fl. Orange
HACKLE: CDC , Brown #.23 – Nature’s Spirit
BEAD: Silver Tungsten, sized to hook
Something Caddis-y for the Lower Owens River and later, the East Walker River…meant to be fished deep in the water column then swung like a rising Caddis Pupa…the Green tag imitates the egg sac on a diving Brachycentrus Caddis….the front colors of Orange and Brown have risen some very large Trout for me on the Lower Owens using an Black wired abdomen…
NEXT: A mix of patterns and some flies for a newbie on FFA
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