Little Yellow Stone Nymph

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Little Yellow Stone Nymph

Post by tie2fish » Fri Mar 29, 2013 9:53 am

In the hope that Tom Ames, Jr's observation about numerous small versions of the Giant Golden Stonefly nymph crawling around on the bottoms of New England streams also holds true for Catskill waters, I've been trying to come up with a flymph style pattern to prospect for them. With apologies to Charlie Brooks and Lance Hidy, here is one tied on a Daiichi 1260 hook, Size #14. Even substituting individual plover hackles for palmered saddle hackles, this is a lot of stuff to put on a hook of that size, and may help explain the popularity of wingcase style patterns.

Hook: Daiichi 1260, Size #14
Thread: Sheer 14/0, amber
Tail: Goose biots dyed sulphur orange
Rib: (1) antique gold wire, small and (2) stripped peacock herl
Body: Wool blend (gold/burnt orange/olive) twist dubbed on thread
"Leg" hackles: Golden plover
Gills: Light grey ostrich herl

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Re: Little Yellow Stone Nymph

Post by CreationBear » Fri Mar 29, 2013 10:15 am

If nothing else that color combination is a winner--light gray ostrich and plover is one I haven't seen before, but it really seems perfect. :) I could definitely see some Spanish Needle/Watchet-like spiders coming out of this as well.
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Re: Little Yellow Stone Nymph

Post by Ruard » Fri Mar 29, 2013 10:17 am

Hi Bill,

very!!!! nice adaption on a little hook of the golden stone of C.Brooks, you scaled it down really very nicely.

Inspiring!!!

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Re: Little Yellow Stone Nymph

Post by hankaye » Fri Mar 29, 2013 1:05 pm

tye2fish, Howdy;

Where in blazes is that head banging on a brick wall emoticon
when things like this show-up?????
Beautiful tye Mr. Bill (Oh Noooooooooooooo)

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Re: Little Yellow Stone Nymph

Post by fly_fischa » Fri Mar 29, 2013 3:22 pm

Great looking fly Bill, I love the colour/material choices.
That'll catch for sure ;)
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Re: Little Yellow Stone Nymph

Post by William Anderson » Fri Mar 29, 2013 4:41 pm

I can report live from the scene, this is not a simple fly to manage but it came off Bill's vise as easy as any other he ties. I had the distinct honor of visiting with Bill at his home yesterday, and trying my hand at this fly with less than passable results.

This fly and variations of it really could be important in anyone's box. Particularly nice material selection and the blend of wool dubbing recipe Lance shared really seems perfect for this imitation. I should have offered some sort of tuition for the course I received yesterday.

Very well done.

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Re: Little Yellow Stone Nymph

Post by DUBBN » Sat Mar 30, 2013 8:18 am

That is a very impressive tie. I am pretty sure it could do double duty as a PMD.
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Re: Little Yellow Stone Nymph

Post by letumgo » Tue Mar 02, 2021 7:00 am

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