Quill Body Nymph
Quill Body Nymph - Western Green Drake
This pattern is effective on pressured fish who need a little convincing to eat your fly, particularly in slower moving water when fish have more time to look at a fly before they commit to eating it.

Designed to closely replicate the nymph stage of Dunella grandis in both profile and colour this fly is a quick but realistic tie. In addition, this pattern does not have a lot of extra material on it to keep the fly from cutting through the water as it descends to the bottom. All that extra material on flies can often spook catch & release fish that have been hooked numerous times.

This is a great fly to add to your nymph box as it is easy to tie, and trout enthusiastically eat it.

Materials
Hook: Tiemco TMC 2499SP-BL - size 12
Thread: UTC Ultra 70 - olive
Weight: Lead wire (.015)
Tail: Straight Z-lon – light olive
Body: Synthetic quill body wrap - olive (Available from Pieroway Rod Company)
Body Coating: Loon UV Clear Fly Finish - thin
Collar: Arizona Synthetic Dubbing - peacock
Hackle: CDC feather - natural
Adhesive: Head cement

Tying Instructions
Step 1. Insert the hook in the vise and wrap 15 turns of lead wire onto the hook shank.
Step 2. Attach the thread and proceed to cross wrap a thread base down and back along the hook shank covering the lead wire. End with the thread one eye width from the eye of the hook.
Step 3. Cut a 2 cm length of antron yarn, split the piece in half and then double it over the thread. Bind down this tail segment so that it butts up against the lead wire and extends ¼ way down the bend of the hook. Trim the tail so that it is one hook gap in length.
Step 4. Select a strip of synthetic quill body and tie in the thin part at the base of the tail. Wrap the thread forward to the hook eye. Overwrap the thread base with the synthetic quill body overlapping each segment slightly. Tie off once the material is half way along the lead wire segment. Trim away excess synthetic quill body strip.
Step 5.Cover the quill body with a sparse coating of Loon UV Clear Fly Finish Thin. Flash the coating with a UV light to create a hard-transparent cover.
Step 6. Spin a pinch of dubbing onto the thread and then wrap it several times around the hook shank to create a dubbed thorax.
Step 7. Proceed to tie in a single CDC feather by the tip, in front of the ball of dubbing.
Step 8. Palmer the feather around the hook shank three times or until you have a full collar. Tie the feather off and pinch trim the CDC collar to about half the length of the tail.
Step 9. Build up a small ‘head’ of thread and then execute a whip finish.
Step 10. Carefully apply a small drop of head cement to the exposed thread wraps at the head of the fly.

Your Quill Body Nymph is now complete and you are ready to head out On The Water!

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