Simple Pheasant Tail Nymph

Hook: Mustad 94840 #12
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Black
Tail: Pheasant TailHare’s Ear Plus Chocolate Brown
Rib: UTC Ultra Wire Small Olive

A very simple nymph that doesn’t take much material or time to tie up:

start with tying in the rib at the end
dub the hook until the eye
add the pheasant tail forward
dub behind the pheasant tail
drag the pheasant tail back to the end of the hook
wrap the rib forward to the eye
tie off

I realized the last time I was in a shallow river that I only had weighted nymphs that went straight to the bottom: tying up this together with some variants on the same theme to not be there again the next time!

UTC Vinyl Rib NYM

Posted on 26 April, 201326 April, 2013 by Håvard Eide dai-riki rib tmc utc

I have covered the UTC Vinyl Rib MDG earlier, this time it is the larger Nymph version that is wrapped on two of the same hooks and in addition on the TMC 2457 #8 hook to show how this size will appear on the different hook sizes.

Dai-Riki 135 #16

TMC 2488 #20

TMC 2457 #8

CDC & Deer

Posted on 23 April, 2013 by Håvard Eide cdc deer dr taimen uni utc

Hook: DR 305 #10
Thread: UNI 6/0 Brown
Body: Taimen Beaver Dubbing – Green Olive, UTC Ultra Wire Gold
Wing: Hareline Premo Deer – Olive, CDC Dark Olive

Floats really good and the extra CDC in the front of the wing gives extra life to the fly. A general go-to pattern that can be varied a lot: the general silhouette on this makes it usable in many situations.

UTC Vinyl Rib MDG

Posted on 16 April, 2013 by Håvard Eide knapek rib tmc uni utc vinyl

The Vinyl Rib is great for segmented bodies on midges, stoneflies, nymphs, emergers and much more. This is the UTC MDG in chartreuse that I have tied on 3 different sizes to show how the segmentation will appear on different hook sizes. The Rib is slightly see-through and you get a nice effect if you wrap the hook with a different color to get a effect.

D-R 135 #16

TMC 2488 #20

Knapek Midge Pupae #10

Here the Knapek is tied with a body of red UNI 8/0 body before wrapping the rib

Langrumpa Bugger

Posted on 15 April, 201315 April, 2013 by Håvard Eide cdc dr hends inspired tmc tungsten utc

Hook: DR 305 #10
Thread: Sheer 14/0 White
Tail: From the bottom: White CDC, Mallard Flank, Green CDC
Body: Hends Superfine Grey, Whiting Hackle, UTC Ultra Wire Silver
Head: 3mm tungsten bead

This is basicly a variant of a wooly bugger, but it has a story: last year I was in a cabin in Norway near langrompa lake and inspired by the nature and colors (we walked a lot in the moutain around the cabin) this pattern came to be as a memory of this great place. I like freestyling when tying with whatever I have in front of me, and this is one of those outcomes. The white (from moss and snow) and the greens was very predominant in the mountain around us, so the tail represents the nature around langrompa lake Also tied this on a TMC 5263 #10: To give you an idea of the nature that inspired this pattern:

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Simple Pheasant Tail Nymph