As part of my filling back up of some critical fly boxes in my vest, I started with my nymph box! It's looking rather anemic! I started tying to fill it back to a good working level. I started with (or should I say continued with) tying Dick Talleur's Pea-ca-bou nymph. I took a picture of it and sent it off to Ray. I then plucked a couple more from the box and snapped them and sent them off! They are pictured below! Thanks Ray for posting these!
The Pea-ca-bou is a great pattern that I entered into the recent Peacock Swap hosted by Ron Eagle Elk! It is a killer at any depth and in each of the four seasons. Relatively easy to tie and it has that essential element that should be in all patterns, softness! Peacock hurl is not a bad thing to have in a pattern as well!
Next, is a March Brown Spider Nymph! I hope I'm not rocking the proverbial boat here but this is a weighted version of the famous March Brown Wet Fly. I did this a while back to reach some rather large bluegill in deeper water in one of my favorite lakes. The pattern seems to be accepted wholeheartedly down deep as well as just below the surface. I still use the wet version a bunch but have the weighted versions in case I need to go slumming way down low!
The last is Walt Dette's Isonychia Nymph. I learned to tie it from Eric Leisers great book, "The Dettes - A Catskill Legend"! It is a little more complicated to tie but well within the limits of duffers like me! Walt did a great thing by inventing this beautiful pattern! It is dynamite pattern on my locals and again has many softer parts just like all patterns should have!
Many thanks again to Ray for posting the pictures! I would like to do this again soon! I have a couple others that may be of interest to Y'all! Do you guys have any suggestions for what patterns would fit well into my nymph box! I welcome any and all suggestions and recipes!
Doug
(friendly ribbing)