Matfly Nymph

stevekale · #1 (**permalink**) 31-01-2010, 01:01 PM

I've been messing with Steve Thornton's patterns recently. Some are challenging to tie, at least for the first few goes. Here's a poor rendition of his Burrowing Mayfly Nymph:

I didn't have any cream organza ribbon and so had to improvise with some ostrich herl. It didn't work too well.

Materials:

Hook: Tiemco 200R #12
Thread: Sheer, white
Underbody: Self adhesive lead
Tails: Emu fibres
Body: Translucent Nymph Skin
Gills: ostrich herl (should be cream organza ribbon)
Wing Buds: black goose Biots
Legs: Golden pheasant tail
Abdomen thread cover: pale yellow or cream Superfine
Colouring: Edding brown and Kuracolor 140 yellow (used to remove the brown down center of abdomen and thorax)

hobble · #2 (**permalink**) 31-01-2010, 01:03 PM

serious quality tying there,,

excellent

Former member · #3 (**permalink**) 31-01-2010, 01:03 PM

Awesome, what more can you say.
Out of interest how long did it take to tie?
Gerry

PS You have a pm

silversedge · #4 (**permalink**) 31-01-2010, 01:04 PM

I thought that was real,till i saw the hook,fantastic

sculpin_crusader · #5 (**permalink**) 31-01-2010, 01:07 PM

Steve,thats a good effort, I've got some ivory foam sheet coming if you'd like some? Also I'll send some ribbon for you to get some gills on your mayfly nymphs.

Ben

stevekale · #6 (**permalink**) 31-01-2010, 01:14 PM

Cheers guys. I doubt ST would be proud of it but I'll keep at them. It took about 30-40 minutes - much faster than the first one (this is the third I tied). A huge part of the reason why it takes me so long include:

- I still have to focus on the instructions otherwise I stupidly forget things
- the tails are finnicky and take some getting used to. They're emu fibres and the two exterior ones are wrapped in by the abdomen nymph skin. I have trouble positioning them properly.
- I am still learning to tie Velli-Autti legs
- the issues I had with the gills (as noted above)

I'd say if I tied a 4th it would be about 20 mins and so on. All just a function of working with new materials.