Nymphing Baitfish - Small Fry
Related content
This fly is one I created to nymph for trout at my local river after the hatch. On the Animas, the rainbow trout and brown trout eggs start hatching, and there are tons of little fry that become food for the larger trout. I used to nymph a white rabbit leech for them, but I wanted to create a more realistic baitfish profile to catch them with.
Being completely coated with UV resin, this fly will be very durable, and able to withstand many fish strikes from toothy brown trout. Also, I find this fly to not be too difficult to tie.
Materials I used on this fly.
Hook: Umqua U301 in size 12
Weight: .015 lead wire
Thread: Veevus 16/0 in olive
Tail: Marabou in Olive
Body Wrap: Tinsel Twist in Olive and Red
Back: Peacock Hurl
Belly: Pearl Crystal Flash
Eyes: 2mm 3D eyes
1st Coat Resin - Solarez "Thin Hard" Formula
2nd Coat Resin - Solarez "Bone Dry" Formula
Read more about why you should register.
The Global FlyFisher does NOT make any money from these links or purchases!
You can support the Global FlyFisher directly here, if you feel like it.
Related content
More content from the front page
Since you got this far …
The GFF money box
… I have a small favor to ask.
Long story short
Support the Global FlyFisher through several different channels, including PayPal.
Long story longer
The Global FlyFisher has been online since the mid-90's and has been free to access for everybody since day one – and will stay free for as long as I run it.
But that doesn't mean that it's free to run.
It costs money to drive a large site like this.
See more details about what you can do to help in this blog post.
