ROYAL NYMPH

ROYAL NYMPH

Hook : Daiichi 1560 # 12 - 16

Thread : Danville 6/0 Red

Weight : Lead Wire .010

Tail : Peacock Herl

Abdomen : Peacock Herl

Waist : Tying thread

Thorax : Peacock Herl

Head : Tying thread

Fly Tier: Peter Frailey

Tying Instruction :

1) Cover the hook shank with thread in the usual manner.
2) Tie in two or three short pieces of peacock herl for a tail. I usually use scraps.
3) Tie in three strands of peacock herl, with which to make the abdomen.
4) Wrap the thread forward to the halfway point.
5) Coat the thread-covered hook shank with head cement or Sally Hanes "Hard as Nails" to protect the herl from breaking.
6) Twist the three strands of peacock herl together to form a rope.
7) To form the abdomen wrap this rope forward over the wet head-cemented thread base to the halfway point.
8) Tie off the herl and snip off the excess.
9) Wrap lead wire above the thorax area (but not the waist).
10) Cover the wire with thread wraps, returning to the mid-point.
11) Build up the waist with the thread.
12) To form the thorax follow the same procedure as for the abdomen.
13) Tie off the herl rope behind the eye.
14) Form a small head with tying thread
15) Whip-finish.

Note :

When fished deeply, red looks brown. You may want to experiment with yellow, white, or some fluorescent colored thread.

ABOUT THE FLY TIER

E-mail : frailey@fiam.net

After spending his childhood as an avid warmwater fisherman, Peter was coaxed back into the sport by his older son, who wanted to attend a local United Fly Tyers meeting. Now, fly-fishing and fly-tying are year-round activities. During the three cold seasons Peter fishes for trout in the streams and rivers of Eastern and Central Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. But he still enjoys lazy days as a warmwater fly-fisher, float-tubing during the summer months on local farm ponds near his home in Eastern Massachusetts. Peter especially enjoys fooling fish with simple flies, tied with just one or two ingredients.