Beginner Fly Tying a Hemingway’s Black Mayfly Nymph with Jim Misiura

Beginner Fly Tying a Hemingway’s Black Mayfly Nymph with Jim Misiura

One more of Jim’s beginner fly tying videos. Great video, easy-to-follow steps. Thanks Jim for sharing this with us.

Ingredients

To tie Jim Misiura’s Hemingway Black Mayfly Nymph, you need the following:

• Hook: Scud #10 – #16
• Weight: .010 Lead Wire
• Thread: Black
• Abdomen/Tail: Hemingway’s Mayfly Nymph Body with Tails
• Thorax: Hemingway’s Hare Dubbing – Black
• Wingpad/Legs: Hemingway’s Mayfly Nymph Legs

Hemingway’s Realistic Mayfly Nymph Bodies

Hemingway’s Realistic Mayfly Nymph Legs

Hemingway’s Dubbing – Hare – Black

Steps

• Start by putting a lead wire.
• Secure the lead wraps using black thread and bring the base of thread back to the tail.
• Tie Hemingway’s Body with Tails in, right at the back of the lead wire.
• Bring tread up front.
• Tie Hemingway’s Mayfly Legs in by the tab right behind the eye.
• Bring the tread back.
• Put black Hemingway’s Hare dubbing in there to fill the gap.
• Start wrapping dubbing.
• Fold over wing bud.
• Wrap the tread between 2nd and 3rd pairs of legs.
• Tie and finish off the head.
• Put some head cement.
• Done.

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