Rainbow Warrior?

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I am looking for a nymph pattern called the “Rainbow Warrior”.
Has anybody ever heard of it?

Thanks

TwoWeight

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Is this what you are looking for? There were about a bazillion hits on Google for it. Nobody will tie it any better than Charlie.

http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/detail.cfm?parentID=137

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Actually that particular foam (if it’s what I think it is) is so dense it barely floats.
If at all. That’s the thin hard stuff they sell in craft shops.

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not sure which “rainbow warrior” youre thinking of, but the one in the link above has no foam in the recipe

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I think he was replying to another thread.

This one, perhaps?

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/showthread.php?37783-Nymph-body-material

At least it makes more sense with that one.

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Thanks Kevin,

I think that is what I am looking for.

TwoWeight

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The Rainbow Warrior is one of my favorite tailwater nymph patterns. I usually fish it as the second fly under a weighted top fly such as a Kaufmann stonefly or Big Ugly Rubberlegs.

Here’s the one I tie with the recipe. Not my creation, but a regular go-to fly on my local rivers:

Rainbow Warrior

Hook: DaiRiki 125 size #16
Thread: 8/0 Red
Bead: Silver 3/32
Tail: Brown Saddle Hackle Fibers
Rib: Silver Uni wire - small
Abdomen: UTC Mirage Tinsel, opal - med.
Thorax: Ice Dub - pearl, red-hue
Wingcase: UTC Mirage Tinsel, opal - large

Have fun with this one, it will catch you a lot of fish.

kelly.

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I heard of the Rainbow Warrior for the first time Sunday while on my tube in the Chattahoochee, a fisherman passing by was telling a friend he was having success with a Rainbow Warrior. I was doing okay with Lightning Bug, which doesn’t look that different. One a bright day, in clear water a little bling is probably a good thing on the end of your line.

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The Rainbow Warrior is a home grown Utah boy’s fly. Fantastic pattern whether fishing in moving or still waters.
http://www.utahoutdoors.com/pages/rainbow_warrior.htm

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Here is a link to a rainbow Warrior (Variation) on the Hatches magazine page http://www.hatchesmagazine.com/patterns/Rainbow-Warrior-Variation/10383/. If you search that site you’ll get 10 or more references. I think this may be closest to what you are referring to.

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lance egan is the originator of the “rainbow warrior”

http://utahoutdoors.com/pages/rainbow_warrior.htm

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I believe that is what I am looking for. I am going to western North Carolina in October. I asked the outfitter what patterns to carry other than the normal trout stuff.
He mentioned the Rainbow Warrior in sizes 16 - 20.
The only component that I don’t have is the silver beads, which I am headed to the fly shop shortly to pick up.

Thanks for all the replies and pictures.

TwoWeight