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    Default First nymph in a long, long time

    Hi,

    I mostly fish dries or little midges. Trying to get some Red Fox Squirrel Nymphs ready for Spring in case........
    Size 14.


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    Nice looking fly. I'm sure it will hook, but unlike any red fox squirrel nymph I've ever seen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jdConrad,MT View Post
    Nice looking fly. I'm sure it will hook, but unlike any red fox squirrel nymph I've ever seen.
    Thanks. I think the only difference is that I put a nymph case over the thorax???
    How do you tie them??
    Thanks again
    Byron

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    I tie it with a partridge hackle. Kind of like a soft hackle, but without the slim soft hackle body. It is my all time favorite nymph. I really, really like like it tied without a bead.....big thumbs up on that.

    I think it fishes well in the spring as a March Brown nymph or an early season brown stone (i.e. skawala), and then fishes well all summer as a caddis. I fish it with a split show about 6 inches above the fly instead of a bead.

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    Looks buggy enough to me.
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    This is my soft hackle version of the Squirrel Nymph

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    Both are nice, fishy ties Byron !!!


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    I really like version 2. In four or five weeks drop that thing in the Blackfoot River and good things are going to happen!

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    Quote Originally Posted by jdConrad,MT View Post
    I really like version 2. In four or five weeks drop that thing in the Blackfoot River and good things are going to happen!
    You live in a great place

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    Really good looking flies Byron! How about sharing your recipes? Maybe a FOTW or 2?

    Cliff

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