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Fly Tying Group: At the Vise
Go 2 Prince Nymph
Gene Lorenson
(Originally Published in the Spokane Inland Empire Fly Fishing Club Newsletter)
The fly fishing magazines are full of articles featuring new fly patterns that claim to be the greatest thing since sliced bread. Some look very promising, others appear a bit weird. Every once in a while you come across one that lives up to its claims. The March 2007 issue of Fly Fisherman magazine contained an article by Rick Takahashi about his Go2 (to) nymphs. The nymphs looked good and his reasons for developing them seemed logical so I tied some of the Prince and pheasant tail versions in different sizes from 18 to 12. Perhaps the addition of the small white wing is the most unique feature of his nymphs. I had occasion to try the Prince version at Amber Lake one cold, rainy evening. There were millions of tiny midges hatching and I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to take fish by matching the hatch (nothing worked). I finally put on a sinking line and a no. 16 Go 2 Prince. I took around 15 rainbows from 11 to 20 inches and was hooking big fish on every other cast at the access area when darkness ended the fun. Get hold of the article and check out the other nymphs, too. They all look very promising |
Hook: #10 - 20 Mustad 3399 or choice |
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1. Pinch the barb and slide the bead up to the eye of the hook. Line the hook shank with tying thread, and tie in the tail fibers. Attach the rib material at the hook bend. 2 Tie in the peacock herl, wind it half way up the hook shank and tie it off. Trim the excess. Counter wind three turns of the Krystal Flash rib and tie off. 3. Attach and wind three turns of hackle with the barbs slanting toward the rear. Tie in the poly wing just in front of the hackle. 4. Place the thorax dubbing or herl in front of the hackle and wind up to the bead. Tie off and whip finish behind the bead
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