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Spruce Nymph
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 7:22 pm
by ScottP
A fly of unknown origin (found a pic in one of Randall Kaufmann's books); seems to be from the Tellico family.
hook - Mustad 9671 #8
thread - Danville 6/0 dark brown
underbody - non-tox wire .025
tail - peacock herl
rib - Flat-wax black
body - rabbit dubbing yellow
shellback - goose quill segment
hackle - brown hen
Regards,
Scott
Re: Spruce Nymph
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:50 pm
by letumgo
I did a little digging to see if I could find the origin of this pattern. I did find the Spruce Fly pattern listed on page 209 of "Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art" by Terry Hellekson. Interestingly, he lists the abdomen as "red floss".
This book is an excellent reference, and contains a surprisingly good selection of wet flies.
Re: Spruce Nymph
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 10:07 pm
by ScottP
Ray,
The Spruce Fly in Helleckson's book is the streamer, I think. A different bird altogether
hairwing variation and a thicker body (fox squirrel tail for the wing, furnace hackle) tied on a Mustad 79580
Regards,
Scott
Re: Spruce Nymph
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 10:17 pm
by letumgo
Scott - You are correct! Thanks.
Re: Spruce Nymph
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 12:52 am
by Roadkill
Scott,
The Spruce Nymph form of the Spruce fly
is found in the 1970 Patrick's Fly Shop
Pacific Northwest Fly Patterns. It is listed as "Tied by Lud Schoenfelder, 1943, Willamette City, Oregon". The original peacock tail was 1 1/2 x the body length and the body tied with yellow wool, your tie nails the pattern rather well.
