Articulate Burrowing Mayfly Nymph

Articulate Burrowing Mayfly Nymph

This is a new attempt of tying a articulate foam burrowing nymph, which the tail  will point up and swing ( head down ) when you give small little strip.

Material:

Hard wire

Heavy Short shank hook ( add lead if you wish )

2mm thk foam

Pheasant Tail fiber

Feather

Tape Wing

Marker

Loon Hard Head

Mono line

Step by step tying instruction:

Cut a short hard wire, fold it half and tie in the pheasant Tail fiber

Tie in 2 pcs of foam as the abdomen

Tie down the foam to create abdomen

Put in a short pcs of soft feather, tie the foam around, trim the extra foam

Use marker to color the abdomen

Prepare a heavy short shank hook, tie in the mono line

Put in the abdomen section and tie down the mono line

Tie in the 3 pairs of legs and the tape wing

Tie in the thorax foam profile

Tie in another thorax foam profile

Fold the foam over and create the head

Put in a pair of pheasant tail fiber as antenna, tie the eye profile

Color the thorax with marker

The Burrowing Nymph is ready

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