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Hexagenia Nymph

 
tied by SalmonSlayer
Fly Type: Nymphs,
Target Species: Steelhead, Trout,
Material List: Hook: Mustad 9672, #4-8
Thread: Danville's Prewaxed 6/0, tan
Tail: ringneck pheasant tail fibers
Rib: fine copper wire
UnderBody: lead wire
Abdomen: Awesome Possum Dubbing, natural white
Thorax: as abdomen
Wingcase: emu feather, gray goose quill segment, pheasant tail segment
Legs: hen pheasant body feather
Eyes: mono, melted and painted
Head: Dubbing

Tying Instructions: 1) Prepare eyes: trim a one inch section of 20 lb mono. Hold in tweezers at the center and hold close to a candle flame so the ends curl into eyballs (careful not to catch it on fire!); melt the ends all the way to tweezers (about 1/8 inch between the ends); use paint or Loon's Hard Head to color the eyes black. 2) Tie the mono eyes to the top of the shank about one and a half hook eyes widths behind eye using cross wraps. 3) Wrap the center third of the shank with .015 lead wire, cover tightly with about six spiralling layers of thread. Bring thread to bend, then cemtent the wraps over the lead well. 4) At bend, tie in about a dozen ringneck pheasant tail fibers, two/thirds as long as the shank. 5) Tie in fine copper wire that will be wound later as ribbing. 6) Trim from a medium gray goose quill a segment about half as wide as the hook gap. Tie this in by the tips, shiny side up, so the butts are extending back beyong the bend. 7) Begin dubbing the abdomen, from the bend to directly above the hook point. 8) Above the hook point, and on top of the shank, tie in a section of emu feather by its tip, the butt end extending back over the previously tied-in wingcase segment. 9) Continue dubbing the abdomen two thirds the way up the shank. 10) Pull the emu feather forward over the top and lash down at the tying thread. Clip the excess. 11) Pull the goose segment over in the smae manner, tie off and clip the excess. 12) Spiral the gold wire forward, taking care to get between the emu fibers. Tie off at thread and clip the excess. 13) Clip a segment of ringneck pheasant tail fibers 2/3 as wide as the hook gap. Tie this in on top of the shank at the front of the abdomen, darker side up, butts extending back and over the abdomen. 14) Tie in a hen pheasant body feather by its tip, dull side up, butt end extending back toward rear of fly. 15) Examine the distance from the front end of the abdomen to the hook eye. Dub 2/3 this distance forward, slightly larger in diameter than the abdomen. 16) Pull the hen pheasant feather forward over the thorax and lash down. Clip the excess. 17) Pull the wingcase over and lash down, but do not clip. Pull up butt ends and bring thread forward underneath. 18) Dub the head section around the mono eyes in figure eight wraps. 19) Pull the wingcase forward between the eyes, tie of and clip. Whip finish the thread. Cement the knot, and the entire back.