I finally tied some of these up. I followed Kelly Galloup's pattern from his video on youtube about it, with a few minor changes. I did a bead-head with lead wire for weight (he uses split shot), a dubbing noodle for the abdomen instead of a dubbing loop, and I used a brown olive thread instead of the burgundy thread that Kelly uses for nymphs (it's his signature).


These are size 14. I tested them out on some Bluegills not far from home. I managed to catch several of them until I donated the fly to a Fir tree. Good thing I tied a bunch!

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