This time Jim Misiura brings us an interesting recipe for tying a great looking mayfly nymph using UV resin – his Beadhead UV Resin Mayfly Nymph. Definitely a pattern to try out. Thanks Jim for sharing.
Ingredients
To tie Jim Misiura’s Beadhead UV Resin Mayfly Nymph, you need the following:
- Hook: curved shank hooks  #12 – #16, Jim used Maruto Curved Long Shank Fly Hooks c41 in size #12
- Bead: 3mm silver bead
- Weight: .020 lead free wire
- Tail: wood duck flank
- Abdomen: .5 mm stretch cord
- Wingcase: 1/4″ nymph skin
- Thorax: chestnut colored rabbit blend dubbing, we recommend Hemingway’s Hare Plus UV Dubbing
- Legs: wood duck flank
- Resin: Deer Creek Diamond Fine
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