Medicine May Nymph

[nfrechet]

Medicine May Nymph

Great Western Grey Drake Nymph

Hook - Mustad 9674, sizes 8 - 12

Thread - Black or dark brown

Tail - Barred teal flank

Body - Wide blue dun floss

Ribbing - Fine iron blue dun floss

Wing case - Gray goose secondary wing quill*

Thorax - Bronze peacock herl

Legs - V-section of grizzly hackle fibers**

*I used black antron yarn

**I used teal

Medicine May Nymph "Fly of the Week #99 - FAOL (flyanglersonline.com)

[letumgo]

Nice job on the body/rib. Such fine detail work.


I like how you provide the full original recipe, and denote your substitutions. It helps capture some of the options and choices that go into a fly.

[nfrechet]

i substitute with other materials when i dont have or run out of original materials

i dont tell the fish when i do, so they dont know

[hankaye]

norm, Howdy;

i substitute with other materials when i dont have or run out of original materials

i dont tell the fish when i do, so they dont know

, secret is safe with me. chucklin'

hank

[Roadkill]

Fishing the lake has been on my bucket list for decades, after Reg Denny told me about how it disappears.

[Terrestrial12]

That's a damn good lookin fly