Stilwater Nymph

[Fisherwoman]

 

 

 

[Flytyer]

Browns, tans , olives and grey bodies will give you a good selection for generic stillwater nymph patterns.

[Glenbow]

I would agree with Flytyer. You might wan to consider a few in black too. I really believe that in many cases colour is not a deciding factor for trout, I think it can often be a 'light vs. dark' thing for resembling what is on the menu. However, that being said I can't help but carry all the colours with me anyhow!

[Fishietales]

I hope this might help, when in the past I've been asked for a pattern for a stillwater nymph I always give them this, it's the traditional pheasant tail nymph, but I've change the build slightly to make it easier for the novice to tie,

 

firstly run a bed of thread down the hook to opposite the barb

 

 

next tie in a bunch of pheasant tail fibres, but with the tips over the eye like so

 

 

next tie in a length of copper wire

 

 

next wind the phaesant tail butts up to a point 1/3 the hook length from the eye, like so, and tie in a strand of peacock herl

 

 

next, form a thorax with the peacock herl

 

 

next, fold back the pheasant tail tips and form a whip finish

 

 

Finally, tie the pheasant tail in at the hook bend using the copper wire, and wind the cooper wire forming a rib up to the thorax and form a two turn whip finish with the wire at the base of the thorax ,like so.

 

 

 

The finished product is a small brown nymph that will take fish on any stillwater at any time of the year, Hope this helps

[DonAndersen]

Fishietales,

 

Looks like a reasonable imitation of the Callibaetis nymph.

 

Don

[Fishietales]

It represents many of the baetis family as well as small fry if tied in larger sizes with a bit of pearly tinsel wraped around the thorax, plus you can trim the pheasant tail butts of and use a dubbed body of a different colour, it makes a two tone nymph, even a CDC body, you can adjust the length of the tail easily to make long or short, the possibilities are endless, its just a simple way of dressing nymphs, that works well.

[Rainbow]

Hi, Stillwater Nymphs do they need to be one color? Such as that moss green?

 

Thank-you.

 

Phil Rowley in his book Fly Patterns for Stillwaters has a fly called the Stillwater Nymph tied mainly of marabou. I have tied it in a number of colours and have even mixed colours on the same fly.

[Tako]

Stillwater nymphs can be anything from brown to yellow to black to red. Olive, tan and brown are your most common. I like this as a general searcher pattern when fish won't take my usual assortment of leeches, scuds, chironomids and dragons. It's simply a marabou feather tied in as a tail and wrapped forward on a size 10 hook. Looks like any type of bug. Mayfly, damsel, leech, whatever. It works