This time Epic Outdoor Adventures brings us a tutorial on how to tie a Bird’s Nest Nymph – a super-effective fly and a great searching pattern. Video tutorial is very easy to follow – give it a try!
Ingredients
To tie this version of Bird’s Nest Nymph, you need the following:
- Hook: Hemingway’s Nymph Barbless HC114 Hooks in size #14
- Bead: Tungsten Beads in Gold, 2.5mm
- Thread: 70 denier in Olive color, we recommend Hemingway’s Thread 8/0
- Weight: 0.020” lead wire
- Tail: Mallard Barred Feathers
- Ribbing: copper wire
- Body: Hemingway’s Hare UV Plus Dubbing in Natural
- Wing case: Mallard Barred Feathers
- Thorax: Hemingway’s Hare UV Plus Dubbing in Natural
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