PRE-EMERGING SULFUR NYMPH

PRE-EMERGING SULFUR NYMPH

Hook : Daiichi 1560 # 16 - 18

Thread : Uni-Thread 8/0 Yellow

Tail : 3 or 4 Pheasant Tail fibers

Rib : Fine Copper Wire

Abdomen : Rabbit Dubbing Dark Brown

Thorax : Rabbit Dubbing Dark Brown

Wing Case Split : Goose Quill Yellow

Wing Case : Turkey Tail

Fly Tier: Jude SanGregory

Tying Instruction :

1) Tie on tail.
2) Tie on copper wire.
3) Dub a slightly tapered body of brown dubbing.
4) Wrap wire rib over dubbing.
5) Tie on Turkey biot fibers or several strands of yellow thread.
6) Tie on Turkey tail fibers.
7) Dub a thorax of brown dubbing.
8) Pull Wing Case forward over thorax and tie down.
9) Pull Turkey Biot fibers or yellow thread forward over center of wing case.
10) Tie a head and whip finish.

Note :

This fly is intended to imitate the emerging sulfur mayfly as it splits its nymphal skin. It has worked marvelously for me during sulfur hatches.

ABOUT THE FLY TIER

E-mail : jsangreg@rochester.rr.com

I was born and raised in Northern Ohio where my favorite activity was walleye fishing on Lake Erie with my father and brothers. I now live in upstate NY where I enjoy fly fishing for trout and smallmouth bass. I have been tying my own flies since about 1990.