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Black Winter Stonefly
How do you tie a Black Winter Stonefly?
Black Winter Stonefly is a nymph fly pattern for trout. Find its 8 materials and 24 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 2 of 5
- Target species
- trout
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At the vise
Materials
- Hook: Fulling Mill FM5065 size 18-20
- Bead: 2mm (size 20 hook) or 2.4mm (size 18 hook) black tungsten
- Thread: Semperfli 18/0 black nano silk
- Weight: 0.015 lead wire
- Tail/Body/Wingcase: Black pheasant tail
- Rib: UTC extra small black wire
- Thorax: Superfine dubbing black
- Resin: Solarez thin
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Tying instructions
Secure the hook in the vise.
Slide the bead onto the hook.
Wrap lead wire behind the bead to brace it.
Start the thread just behind the lead wraps.
Build up a slight taper from the lead wraps to the shank.
Take the thread to the bend.
Tie in four or five strands of black pheasant tail for the tail.
Adjust the tail to approximately three-quarters of the hook shank.
Secure the rest of the pheasant tail fibers to the hook shank.
Tie in extra small black wire just behind the bead and wrap to where the tail stops.
Tie in a larger clump of black pheasant tail for the body.
Trim the tips of the pheasant tail.
Tie in the pheasant tail just behind where the lead wire stops.
Wrap the pheasant tail fibers forward to form the body, leaving a small gap behind the bead.
Trim the excess pheasant tail.
Counter wrap the body with the black wire to make the body more durable and tie off.
Helicopter off the excess wire.
Dub the thorax with superfine black dubbing.
Split the pheasant tail wingcase and pull it forward to form the legs.
Capture the wingcase with thread to form the legs.
Tie down the fibers to form the wingcase.
Whip finish on top of the wingcase.
Apply a small amount of Solarez thin UV resin to the wingcase.
Cure the resin with a UV light.