I have just come to a conclusion. From now on, for any nymph I tie, size 18 and smaller, I'm only gonna use thread and dubbing (ala Al's Rat). No ribbing, not tails, no beads, no wing cases, no nothing. I figure by varying the color of the thread and maybe the dubbing I'll be close enough.

I love tying, generally find it very therapeutic, but found myself using a lot of foul language today when tying some small stuff.

Anyone else use this approach (the simplicity not the foul language)?