"All Purpose" Nymph

[kglissmeyer]

Could someone please draw a line for me please? Both the flies above look like great fish takers, but to me they would be wet flies. What is the difference between a wet fly, specifically one that imitates a nymph, and a nymph? This is something that I have puzzled over for many years.

As for my go to nymph I would have to say its my BiColour Nymph, however it is more a way of tying a nymph than a particular pattern. It can be tied in many colour and weight variations. Here's some I use on the lochs for rainbows. The yellow dyed pheasant tail is a good bit "louder" than I would use for wild browns.
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I tie a reversed version for a "drifting nymph" which was a FOTW from some time back. It will give you some idea of how those are tied.

Cheers,
A.

Alan, those are spectacular. I will have to tie some of those.

[Byron haugh]

Many years ago,now, I was in West Yellowstone on a fishing trip. I believe the FFF owned the building next to the old train station at that time? Anyway, it was then a fly fishing museum. I happened to walk in to look around. I was completely taken aback when I saw an entire case of what I believed were the finest looking stoneflies I had ever seen! I had no idea, at that time, who George Grant was. Since then, I became a big fan of his and acquired a box of his woven flies. When I first saw them that day, I thought to myself, "That's the end of fly tying stoneflies. Everyone will be using these". I had no idea how they were made or anything.
RIP George Grant.