Select a decent sized olive hackle about 2 inches in length.







Start thread about an eyes length from hook eye and catch in hackle stem and wrap it down to opposite hook barb




Cut 5 or 6 PT fibres (dyed olive) from feather and catch in for the tail and secure with a few turns




Wrap the PT fibres around the shank up to about two thirds the hookshank length, for extra strength a thin coat of varnish can be applied to the thread body and allowed to tack slightly before wrapping, then tie off fibres with a few thread turns.




Now wrap the hackle stem for the rib and tie off




Normally I would leave the PT fibres that I've just tied off for the thorax cover but I'm useing pearsalls thread which is thicker than a Uni 8 which is what I would normally use, so I have cut them off and am tieing in 5 or 6 more PT fibres near their tips. This will reduce bulk at the head when I tie off. I like the way pearsalls reflects the light which is why I am useing it here (no. 20 waxed lightly), if you are useing olive uni 8 then don't cut the PT fibres but leave them for the thorax cover.




Apply golden olive seals fur dubbing and form the thorax with it.




Now take a small olive coloured hen hackle and prepare it as in photo, you need to cut a v shaped notch in the end of the feather and the length of stem containing the hackle fibres should be the same length as the thorax (more or less). I am useing a french partridge hackle here as it has a nice green tinge to it.







Pull PT fibres over thorax and hackle and tie off, cut off waste, make a head, whip finish and varnish.




The finished nymph