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Heptagenia Nymph - SBS?

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Dears,

 

can somebody recommend a good step-by-step tying-instruction for a natural-looking heptagenia nymph? Probably an instruction that was "tested and approved" already?

 

For instance, I 've seen the SBS of the Oliver Edwards pattern in a movie, but I felt his nymph pattern is way too complicated. The instruction video is almost 30 minutes long. Given my tying abilities, that would probably take me at least 1 hour plus to tye............. No way!

 

 

Thanks a bunch in advance,

 

 

Obi

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google, or youtube - I saw one in youtube if you search on it. Was an 8+ minute video

 

BCT

 

p.s.

also this link took you to a sbs - http://www.hjpnymphtool.dk/heptagenia.html

 

This may not show up as a link here so copy and paste it to take you to it.

BCT

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Obi ... there are tons of "nymph" patterns on YouTube ... and in this site's data base.

Changing the colors of materials can give you decent mimics for just about anywhere.

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I am not great with Latin names of insects but I think your looking for a dark clinger nymph in the smaller sizes.

 

If so I like a simple soft hackle fly for the small dark clingers.

 

Tail 1.25-1.5 length of shank - black rooster hackle

Body - Peacock w/ fine gold, silver or black wire

soft hackle - black of some sort - starling for very small 18-20, dyed black partridge for 16 and larger

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A Beadhead Troth Pheasant Tail nymph is a pretty good Heptagenia imitataion.

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What you're looking at in that sbs and probably in the video you mention is a realistic nymph versus a suggestive interpretation. Always going to take a lot longer to tie and the first couple will take forever to get things lined up. For fishing and not display suggestive patterns are usually perfectly fine for all but the most educated fish in the stream.

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Briminator- mimics about every nymph going.

Match colors to the bottom, add a shell back and scruffy ostrich/emu sides, and, voila! - hexagenia nymph.

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p.s.

also this link took you to a sbs - http://www.hjpnymphtool.dk/heptagenia.html

 

This may not show up as a link here so copy and paste it to take you to it.

BCT

 

Yeah, Henrik makes some pretty nice nymphs. Have had the pleasure of fishing and tying with him multiple times.

A real nice gentleman.

 

/Henrik

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