Marabou Nymph SBS

[ScottP]

This one's from Chris Schrantz of Ft. Collins, CO. Another simple to tie fly that uses a minimum of materials. Wally had mentioned tying with barred marabou so I gave it a shot here; unfortunately, the only barred stuff I had was pretty short which was a bit harder to manipulate.


hook - Dai Riki 125 #18
thread - Uni 8/0 camel
tail/abdomen/thorax - marabou fibers
rib - copper wire small
wingcase/legs -pheasant tail




Part 1



mash barb, attach thread and wire at 60% and wrap back to bend





tie in a few marabou fibers






gather fibers






wrap forward to 60% mark; trim marabou (if you're tying for speed, let the butts hang off to the side and use for thorax after legs/wingcase are tied in)






counterwrap wire through abdomen






tie in some pheasant tail fibers with tips extending over hook eye about 1/2 shank length






tie in some more marabou fibers






and create a thorax






divide legs