Sally Nymph SBS

A Zug Bug all grown up; another one from Terry Hellekson’s Fish Flies.

hook - Mustad 3906B #12
thread - Danville 6/0 black
rib - x-small wire gold
tail - peacock sword
body - peacock herl
hackle - hen brown
wing - teal flank

Part 1

mash barb, start thread; tie in rib, wrap to bend

measure (gap width past bend) some peacock sword fibers; tie in/trim

tie in some peacock herl; twist around thread, wrap to 1 eye width back from eye, tie off/trim

counterwrap rib; helicopter end, cover with thread

Part 2

tie in (folded) hackle; wrap, tie off/trim

stroke fibers down/back, cover with thread

trim out center of teal flank, measure (tips to bend)

tie in/trim, half hitch x 2, SHHAN

Regards,
Scott