Perdigon (Spanish nymph) – gold micro glint

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A streamlined fast sinking fly that will anchor your team.

Materials

Hook Head Extra weight (optional) Thread Tail Body Thorax Coating
Hanak 300BL #14 / #16 3.0mm / 2.5mm slotted faceted gold tungsten bead 0.010 lead wire Fl fire orange UTC UV thread Coq de Leon Fibres Brown Micro Glint Black nail polish UV Resin and then Varnish.

Process

 

A
  1. Most beads have a large opening at one end and a smaller opening at the other.
  2. Slide a faceted gold tungsten bead over the point of the hook small opening first and position it behind the eye of the hook.

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    Adding extra weight to the fly.

    On this fly my preference is to keep the bead size down a little and to add extra weight to compensate for that.

  3. The best way is to take several wraps of 0.10 mm lead wire behind the bead, worry of the excess lead wire and then to push the wraps of wire up into the rear opening of the bead.Take a length of 0.20 lead wire and push the front end into the back of the tungsten bead.

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  4. Tie your thread in behind the bead.
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B
  1. Wind the thread in touching turns down to the bend of the hook
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C
  1. Tie in a tail about the same length as the shank of the hook of 6 or 7 Coq de Leon hackle fibres
  2. Wind the thread back toward the bead forming a thin uniform under-body.

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D
  1. Tie in a length of brown Micro Glint behind the bead.
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E
  1. Wind the brown Micro Glint down to the 10% position of the fly leaving a hot but of thread and then wind the brown Micro Glint all the way up to behind the bead forming a cone shaped body.
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F
  1. Trim away the excess brown Micro Glint.
  2. Turn the fly over in the vice and paint on a thorax of black nail polish.
  3. When the nail polish thorax is totally dry apply a thin coat of UV epoxy to the fly taking care not to get any epoxy on the tail or in the eye of the hook.
  4. Cure the UV epoxy with a UV torch.
  5. If your UV epoxy is still a little stick, which is often the case, coat the fly with a thin layer of clear nail polish taking care not to get any nail polish on the tail or in the eye of the hook.
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