ZELON NYMPH

ZELON NYMPH

Hook : Daiichi 1710 # 12 - 16

Thread : Danville 6/0 Color to Match Natural

Weight : Lead Wire

Tail : Antron

Abdomen : Antron

Thorax : Antron

Collar : Antron

Fly Tier: Peter Frailey

Tying Instruction :

1) Cover the hook shank with thread in the usual manner.
2) Wrap 8 to 10 turns of lead wire over the thorax area and cover with thread.
3) Tie in a bunch of Zelon fibers for a tail.
4) Tie in a bunch of Zelon fibers around the shank so that they stick out over the eye of the hook. These fibers will be folded back later for a collar.
5) Tie in a hank of Zelon at the rear of the shank.
6) Wrap the tying thread to the front of the fly.
7) Wrap the Zelon to the front of the fly and tie it off. Don't cut off anything yet.
8) Reverse-wrap the thread to the rear of the thorax area.
9) Reverse-wrap the Zelon to the rear of the thorax area.
10) Tie the Zelon down with a couple of thread wraps. You now have two layers of Zelon over the thorax.
11) Wrap the thread to the front.
12) Wrap the Zelon to the front creating a third layer.
13) Tie off the Zelon and snip off the excess.
14) To create the collar, fold the loose fibers, which you tied in initially, back over the nymph creating a soft-hackle type appearance.
15) Form a small head of thread.
16) whip-finish.

Note :

You could also use Widows Web, Antron, or Poly-yarn. I prefer crinkled Zelon as I believe it resists matting. Para-post works well, too.

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.