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This fly is called the DougsLichtjes nimf because there is a Lumibead in it and because two of the materials I get from Doug when I met him in America in 2013.
I fish with this nimf to caught Roach and Yellow Perch. Sometimes a Pike takes it and that is exiting but not my purpose.
I fish this fly in wintertime (half of October till half March) in the canals of my hometown.



These two materials I got from Doug.

DougsLichtjesnimf:

Hook: Cocabala's no 23 size 12
Thread: claret 6/0 Danvilles thread
Head: silver bead 3 mm
Thorax: lumibead 4mm
Body: Fox Squirrel Dave Witlock Dubbing in a splitted thread loop.




This is the water where I fish with this nimf.

I have a #4 rod and line and I have a leader of 2.70 meters. I use this nimf on the dropper. Another time all about the pointnimf.

I fish it with a slow figure of eight and also with slow retrieves of 12 inch.

And here is the fish:



This is a Roach of about 10 inch


Greeting


Ruard

Fox squirrel is some spiky stuff, isn't it. Nice to see the animal producing well so far away from its origin.



Thanks for posting.

A great post, Ruard. It is always nice to see your photos and hear about your fishing adventures. It is even better that these pictures involved your use of materials that came from the den of Doug.

Ruard, Howdy;

Thanks for the fishing excursion .
It's great that you were able to put those items
to use with happy results.

hank

This thread, and the photos made me smile broadly. Thank you for brightening my day. Great stuff!

Excellent.
Great looking simple nymph, plus a how and where to fish it.

Ruard, do you "spark" up the lumi bead with a camera flash or torch/flashlight before casting the fly to the depths of the canal? Or do you rely on the natural light to make the bead light up?

Very impressive pattern.

Mataura mayfly wrote:Excellent.
Great looking simple nymph, plus a how and where to fish it.

Ruard, do you "spark" up the lumi bead with a camera flash or torch/flashlight before casting the fly to the depths of the canal? Or do you rely on the natural light to make the bead light up?

Most of the time I relay on daylight, but I am looking for a little torch to boost it up.

Greeting

Ruard

Ruard, Howdy;

Would you explain about the "Lumibeads" ? I tried a google search but only found
links to dog leaches. Also what type of light (torch), do you require to make it work better?

hank

hankaye wrote:Ruard, Howdy;

Would you explain about the "Lumibeads" ? I tried a google search but only found
links to dog leaches. Also what type of light (torch), do you require to make it work better?

hank

Hank I found this on Wikipedia:

In simple terms, phosphorescence is a process in which energy absorbed by a substance is released relatively slowly in the form of light. This is in some cases the mechanism used for "glow-in-the-dark" materials which are "charged" by exposure to light. Unlike the relatively swift reactions in fluorescence, such as those seen in a common fluorescent tube, phosphorescent materials "store" absorbed energy for a longer time, as the processes required to re-emit energy occur less often.

Any led-light will do and the flash of a camera.

The most astonishing thing for me is that fish take those nimfs for real food. I know that sometimes the algae in the sea show something that looks like phosphorescence and I know of fish that lives in the sea deep down that uses light to catch something to eat.


Greeting


Ruard