Hogan's S&M Nymph

HogancameupwiththisflywhenhereallybeganpayingattentiontowhatBaetisnymphsactuallylookedlike,notwhatmostcommerciallytiedfliesintheflybinstoldhimtheylookedlike.Whenhestartedturningoverrocksonhislocaltailwaterherealizedthatmostofthesmallbaetisnymphswerenothickerthenahookshankandthattheyweredefinitelynotcylindricalinshape.Furthermoretheyhadcolorpatternsthatmadethemdarkerontopthenunderneathwhichwasverydifferentfromthestandardflashbackpatternhewasfishing.UtilizingwireandthreadwherethewireispinnedtothesideofthehookshankallowedhimtocreateatrimbaetisnymphthatiswiderthanitistallandNOTcylindricalinnature.ThewingcaseonALLcolorschemesisdarkerthanthethoraxunderneathasthisishowthenaturalslook.Whileslimflashbackscanimitatetheemergenceoflightercolorwingsheknewfishonhistrickytailwatersgethiptothatasadeadgiveawayofanonnaturalfoodsource.

DESIGNSTORY
Thisflyissimpleinnatureandatrueguideflybutlikemostguideflies…detailsmatter.Manycompaniesandpeoplehavetriedtotiethisflybutmostfailonthedetails.Iuseonly3pheasanttailsastailfibersNOMOREasitaddstothethicknessofthefly.IalsousethesefiberstocreateathintapertotheAbdomenofthenymphandtackthewiretothesideofthehooktocreateawiderthentallprofile…bothofthesedetailsthataremissedbymanytiers.ThecolorofthecaseanddubbingworktogetherasthewingcaseMUSTbedarkerthanthedubbinginEVERYcase.AlsomanytiersusestraightKrystalFlashNOTMidgeFlashforlegs.ThisiskeyasKrystalFlashcutshortdoesnotmoveinthissmallofflylike"legs"–MidgeFlashdoes.

FLYRECIPE:

HOOK:TFS3769orTMC3769,sizes16-18
THREAD:UltraTyingThread,8/0-colortomatchflycolor
BEAD:BeadHead,copper-fittohooksize
TAIL:PheasantTail
BODY:UltraTyingThread,8/0-colortomatchflycolor
RIB:UltraWire,Small-Olive
WINGCASE:TurkeyBiot,princenymphbrown
ABDOMEN:AntronDubbing,darkolive
LEGS:MidgeFlash,olive

FEATURES

• TrimbaetisnymphLIKEthenaturals
• DarkWingcasetosignifyadarkeningtopasthesenymphsapproachemergence.ANDwhatnymphisnotdarkeronthetopthanunderneath
• Midgeflashlegstoaddjustabitofmovementandflash.