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Introduction |
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FLY TYING
TUTORIALS OF SMOKY MOUNTAIN
TROUT FLIES
The Tellico Nymph
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Introduction |
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| The Tellico
Nymph has been around for most of the last century and is probably the
most popular of all the locally tied flies to have originated in East
Tennessee. It is well known and proven in most areas of the country.
This fly has had many revisions and this recipe is usually accepted as
the most popular. It is generally thought that this fly was meant to
represent the Giant Golden Stonefly. It has caught many fish for me and
it is probably the earliest forerunner of any of the attempts to show
segmentation of the abdomen. It remains a great fly throughout East
Tennessee.
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Recipe |
Hook:
Mustad:2x-3xlong streamer hook--#6-#18 Thread: Unithread 8/0 or 6/0 Lt. Cahill and Black Weight: 10-15 wraps of .015 non toxic wire Tail: Guinea fowl feather barbs Shellback: 1/4 in. section of turkey tail feather Ribbing: 2 strands of peacock herl Abdomen: Yellow superfine dubbing Hackle: Brown or furnace hackle feather
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Step 1 |
Wrap 10-15 wraps of non toxic wire onto hook.
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Step 2 |
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Step 2 |
Tie in Lt. Cahill thread behind the hookeye and wrap back, securing wire and continue on to the hookbend.
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Step 3 |
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Step 3 |
Tie in Guinea fowl barbs at the hookbend.
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Step 4 |
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Step 4 |
Tie in section of turkey tail feather at the hookbend. Tie in 2 strands of peacock herl.
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Step 5 |
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Step 5 |
Dub in yellow superfine dubbing from hookbend to hookeye. Wind peacock herl around thread 10-15 turns.
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Step 6 |
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Step 6 |
Wind peacock herl forward to just behind hookeye and tie off.
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Step 7 |
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Step 7 |
Pull turkey tail section forward to hookeye and tie down.
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Step 8 |
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Step 8 |
Tie in brown hackle stem. Tie off and change to black thread.
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Step 9 |
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Step 9 |
Wind in black thread taking it back through hackle to secure. Bring thread wraps back to the front of the hackle and make the last 2-3 turns winding back on the hackle. Whip finish.
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Step 10 |
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Step 10 |
Tellico Nymph - finished fly- Congratulations.
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