Hallo guys, i have recently gotten into fly fishing and have been having great success with nymphs, i was wondering what kind of rod and reels are great for wadeable streams, preferably lower than 5wt because i have caught some decent trout/small steelies was wanting to try more set ups!
I finally put together a decent video and posted it to my YouTube channel. It’s a broad profile nymph designed to look beefy while still sinking quickly for euro presentations.
A rather plain looking imitation of a free living caddis found in one of my local streams. It’s not heavily weighted, relying on just 6 wraps of flattened .02” lead wire, but its slim profile gets down reasonably fast in slower water. Probably the plainest nymph in my collection—no hot spots, no bright thread—the only attractor element is the thin metallic Kelly green rib.
-Hook: Skalka P #14 or similar
-Thread: Uni 8/0 black
-Underbody: 6 wraps flattened .02” lead
-Tail/Claspers: Olive Antron
-Over Rib: 7x Fluorocarbon tippet
-Rib: Sulky Kelly green metallic mylar
-Back: Clear 1/8” scud back coloured*
-Body: Dark olive squirrel dubbing
-Thorax: Peacock ice dub
*Notes: Tie in order listed. Lead is wrapped just ahead of the tail tie in point with superglue under. After dubbing the body, rib with the Sulky (or similar). Dub the thorax sparsely. Tint the scud back with an olive marker on both sides (I use a Pantone marker). Pull the scud back forward tightly and temporarily secure behind the eye before over ribbing with the tippet to secure the scud back. At the point where the thorax begins, release the wraps securing the scud back and finish winding the tippet forward securing it behind the eye. Pull the scud back forward over the thorax and build a neat head before whip finishing. Use a black Sharpy to tint the case over the thorax area and pick out the dubbing to act as legs. Seal the head with cement or superglue.
Not a particularly easy tie, but the resulting fly catches pressured picky fish in slow to moderate current seams.
The last image is a photo of the natural next to a rougher version of this fly, just for reference.