Design challenge
I've been kick-netting bugs recently....into a net. And then photographing the bugs.
It's a fun sub-hobby. One thing I notice: unlike the traditionally cylindrical Hare's Ear or PT
nymph style type, in the real world there are also a lot of wide, flat rock-clinging nymphs.
And a fair number of those wide flat nymphs end up in trout stomachs. Many of those rock-clingers
are big nymphs too. Maybe that's what trout are rooting out when you see them tailing like bonefish.
However. There is no good fly pattern for a wide flat rock clinger. Not that I've ever seen.
Typically the real nymphs are strongly two-toned with white or yellow on the bottom and a mottled brown top.
They all seem to have a slightly flattened abdomen, strongly flattened thorax and an extra-wide flat head.
The dorsal view (from the top) looks almost like an arrow head.
So I propose an informal contest of sorts. Let's see who comes up the best new clinger nymph pattern,
with.....let's say.....Thanksgiving as the deadline.
The winner gets an expenses paid trip to the Seychelles.
Paid for by.....................well. We'll work on that part.
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