Beatis Nymph

[rabmax]

Hello all i have been watching Mr Tyzacks Grayling Through The Year dvd.I fancy tying up a few of his Beatis Nymphs for the spring.The pattern calls for Olive Nymph Skin.Is it this stuff he means Virtual Nymph - Flytyers Designer Skin If it is it seems a bit of a rip off at £3 for a 5x5 inch piece.Is there a similar product out there where you at least get a decent size piece for your cash or has it got to be VN stuff.Cheers all

[bill d]

Try here Lathkill Flexibody - Lathkill Fly Fishing. Just as good for half the price.

[christy27]

If you have some appropiately coloured marker pens you can use what you want. Skin coloured surgical gloves are cheap, the ones down the garage are even cheaper if they have a light coloured one.

Chris.

[ROVER]

Designer skin is not the same as 'nymph skin', it is extremely this and you would be able to achieve a segmented effedt like you can with NS. Flexibody is not like NS either, its thicker than designer skin but is not elastic. For baetis patterns i prefer FB as it gives a segmented effect and is transluscent as well. NS is like a 3mm wide rubber band section and can be varied in tension to create the dsired amount of with/segmentation.

In a nutshell, none are the same as each other.

Graeme

[rabmax]

Just watched JT's tying it in his dvd he cuts a strip from a card that has a white backing that he peels off & calls it Olive Nymph Skin.It doesn't look that thick but it's translucent.It looks like the Lathkill Flexiboby but with a backing you peel off.I normally shop at Lathkill so will get some next order

[bill d]

I havn't seen the dvd but it sounds like its either Vitural Nymph Flexibody or the Lathkill Flexibody. Both have a white card backing even though the Lathkill stuff doesn't have it in the picture on the website.

Hope this helps.

Bill.

[rabmax]

Cheers bill d think you are correct. Cheers

[bill d]

You welcome. Just as a matter of interest is the much of a difference between Tyzacks version and the Edwards Beatis .

[rabmax]

Originally Posted by bill d

You welcome. Just as a matter of interest is the much of a difference between Tyzacks version and the Edwards Beatis .

I have Edwards Dvd where he ties a Baetis somewhere.From what i remember it's a workup like most of his flies.Tyzacks is as simple as peas .Tail Cod de Leon Nymph Skin body thorax Grey squirrel & same bit of nymph skin used in body pulled over for the wing case.Cheers

[Spider]

Havent seen the dvd, but doubt it could be more effective than a PTN of some form?