Bead Head Golden Stone Nymph
| Hook: Head: Thread: Tail: Abdomen: Wing Case: Legs: Thorax: |
2XL Nymph Hook #10 Gold Bead, Medium Pale Yellow 6-0 Brown Goose Biots Pale Morning Dun Turkey Biot Pheasant Tail Fibers Partridge feather Golden Olive Superfine Dubbing |
Step 1: Crimp the barb, add your bead and mount in your vise. I like to wrap a few turns of wire and slide it into the recess of the bead. If you want more weight, you can extend it further back. If you like, you can leave the weight off. Wrap the thread to the bend of the hook. |
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Step 2: Tie in the tail biots. I’ve tried mounting them flat on top of the hook and on each side. In the end, I usually tie them in like this, about halfway between. I like the look on top, but it is a real pain to get them to stay in place. I tie both in at one time. Hold the biots convex side to convex side in my right hand to size the tail. Then transfer to my left hand to tie in. Two loose wraps to check the length and position, then tie down. |
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Step 3: View from above. |
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Step 4: I wrap the thread over the biots to the wire, then fold them back over the abdomen to make a mild taper, trimming them if they extend too far. Then lay a tapered thread base for the biot back to the rear. |
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Step 5: Tie in the turkey biot so that the ridge will be to the left as you wrap it forward. This will produce the nice segmented abdomen. With this 2XL size 10 hook, it usually fits perfectly. |
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Step 6: This shows the abdomen after wrapping the biot forward and tied off. |
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Step 7: Tie in the pheasant tail fibers for the wing case. I use 8-10 fibers and tie them in by the butt. |
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Step 8: Tie in the partridge feather. In this pattern, I want the legs to flow to the rear of the fly, so I tie the feather in by the tip. After it is pulled forward and tied down, the fibers will sweep back nicely. This also has the advantage of the thicker end being tied down in the front. So even if the tip breaks after a few fish, the feather will usually stay put by being anchored in front. |
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Step 9:Dub a nice thorax. I try to make the abdomen and the thorax equal lengths behind the bead, so I went a little far on this fly. But I doubt the fish will notice. |
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Step 10: Pull the partridge forward and hold down with two firm wraps. Then pull the pheasant tail fibers forward to make the wing case and tie down securely. |
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Step 11: View from above. |
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Step 12: Trim the butts and make a neat tie down. Whip finish and you are done. I don’t use any head cement of most of my flies, but feel free to use it if you like it. |
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Step 13: Top View. |
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Step 14: Bottom View. |
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Step 15: Angled View. Give this fly a try. I think you will like it. |
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