I’ve been trying to find a material list for a fly called the “Batman Nymph”. It’s basically a prince nymph w/ a dubbed body instead of herl. I killed with it on the Madison last year but only had one example I picked up from my dad which he had bought from discountflies. Sadly I broke it off. I just booked a two week stay on my favorite stretch of the river and i’m putting together a list of flies I need to tye. This nymph is one of them but I can’t find the material list anywhere for it. The dubbed body is some sort of metallic black/blue/purpleish dubbing I can’t seem to match. Recently i’ve ordered some Ice Dubbing and tried mixing them to get the right color but I can’t seem to get it right.
Thats the fly alright. Although the one I remember did not have rubber legs. I’m positive that it is not estaz in the body. It’s some kind of dubbing. Either a prepackaged blende or a mixture. I’ll keep on experimenting with some ice dub or other colors till I get it right or I find the prepackaged stuff. Not much to do at work tonight so maybe i’ll do a little more research.
Ya it’s a possibility. I’ll deff check that stuff out. Ha I agree entirely with there being so many new synthetics and the like on the market now. It’s like I need a Phd in fly tying to understand it all!
Litebright in Pearl Blue/Black looks like an almost exact match to me. Thats awsome. I’ll have to order some and try em out and see what it looks like close up.
Took a look at the spirit river website and found out they don’t make the color pearl blue/black anymore. It could be under there “mixed” dubbing section under a different name however. Black Ice comes to mind. They do however still make the purple so i’ll see if that truly is the correct color.
