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Springtime Olive
Nymph
| Hook |
10 - 14 |
| Tail |
White bucktail fibres |
| Rib |
Fine gold wire |
| Body |
Olive marabou dubbing
built up to form a thorax with brown peacock herl over the upper
thorax to form a shell back |
| Wing |
None |
| Hackle |
Throat hackle of
yellow cock hackle fibres |
| Head |
Black thread
(varnished) |
| Use |
Adapted by Eric
Begbie for use in Scottish stillwaters but discovered to fish
well for rainbow trout, char and grayling in the samller Alaska
rivers. Can be leaded if required.
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