Spruce Nymph

Moderators: William Anderson, letumgo

Post Reply
ScottP
Posts: 426
Joined: Mon Dec 29, 2014 12:02 am

Spruce Nymph

Post by ScottP » Tue Apr 07, 2015 7:22 pm

Image

A fly of unknown origin (found a pic in one of Randall Kaufmann's books); seems to be from the Tellico family.


hook - Mustad 9671 #8
thread - Danville 6/0 dark brown
underbody - non-tox wire .025
tail - peacock herl
rib - Flat-wax black
body - rabbit dubbing yellow
shellback - goose quill segment
hackle - brown hen


Regards,
Scott
User avatar
letumgo
Site Admin
Posts: 13345
Joined: Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:55 pm
Location: Buffalo, New York
Contact:

Re: Spruce Nymph

Post by letumgo » Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:50 pm

I did a little digging to see if I could find the origin of this pattern. I did find the Spruce Fly pattern listed on page 209 of "Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art" by Terry Hellekson. Interestingly, he lists the abdomen as "red floss".

This book is an excellent reference, and contains a surprisingly good selection of wet flies.
Ray (letumgo)----<°))))))><
http://www.flytyingforum.com/index.php? ... er=letumgo

"The world is perfect. Appreciate the details." - Dean
ScottP
Posts: 426
Joined: Mon Dec 29, 2014 12:02 am

Re: Spruce Nymph

Post by ScottP » Tue Apr 07, 2015 10:07 pm

Ray,

The Spruce Fly in Helleckson's book is the streamer, I think. A different bird altogether

Image


hairwing variation and a thicker body (fox squirrel tail for the wing, furnace hackle) tied on a Mustad 79580

Image

Regards,
Scott
User avatar
letumgo
Site Admin
Posts: 13345
Joined: Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:55 pm
Location: Buffalo, New York
Contact:

Re: Spruce Nymph

Post by letumgo » Tue Apr 07, 2015 10:17 pm

Scott - You are correct! Thanks. ;)
Ray (letumgo)----<°))))))><
http://www.flytyingforum.com/index.php? ... er=letumgo

"The world is perfect. Appreciate the details." - Dean
User avatar
Roadkill
Posts: 2480
Joined: Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:09 am
Location: Oregon

Re: Spruce Nymph

Post by Roadkill » Wed Apr 08, 2015 12:52 am

Scott,

The Spruce Nymph form of the Spruce fly ;) is found in the 1970 Patrick's Fly Shop Pacific Northwest Fly Patterns. It is listed as "Tied by Lud Schoenfelder, 1943, Willamette City, Oregon". The original peacock tail was 1 1/2 x the body length and the body tied with yellow wool, your tie nails the pattern rather well. 8-)
Post Reply