Klympen Rainbow Warrior

[ScottP]

A real chameleon of a pattern; I’ll try this one on a #16 as tailwater bait.

hook - Dai Riki 135 #8
thread - Uni 8/0 fire orange
rib - small wire silver
underbody - holo tinsel red
abdomen - tinsel pearl
thorax - Sow Scud dubbing rainbow

Regards
Scott

[john52948]

scott, never tied them with a thorax that bushy, but I think im going to try it now. good looking fly, love the way the pearl tinsel takes on different shades

[jcampbell]

Nice colors Scott. I'll have to try that one this Spring. Very well tied.

[Uncle Jesse]

I saw where the fishermen in Klympen are fishing for sea trout, I am wondering if fresh water trout are going to react positively to that "wing".

[ScottP]

I saw where the fishermen in Klympen are fishing for sea trout, I am wondering if fresh water trout are going to react positively to that "wing".

Jesse,

With the success of the original Rainbow Warrior nymph, it’s a question of is more better, as good, or at least not worse? I’ll try to find out this spring.

Regards,
Scott

[John Rhoades]

I am intrigued at the idea of using a synthetic dubbing like this sow scud rainbow dubbing in a dubbing loop to form a thorax, or even an entire fly body. I have a caddis emerger pattern tied that way using SLF Prism fibers that I have great success with. Now, I’m experimenting tying other similar patterns.