Flashback AP Nymph

Flashback AP Nymph

A Variation

Hook - Wet/nymph style

Thread - Black

Tail - Moose body hair

Ribbing - Copper wire

Body - Gray dubbing

Wing case - Flat silver tinsel

Thorax - Gray dubbing

Legs - Butt ends of the tail hairs

Andre Puyans Originator

Tying Notes/Suggestions

Add a bead to make it a beadhead style fly

Add flash to make it a flashback style nymph

Try different colors & sizes to match the hatch

Try natural as well as synthetic dubbing

Tie the wing case similar to the Copper John

Use tinsel only as the wing case

Use your favorite hook

Try tying this pattern on a curved hook

Tie a light colored abdomen/dark colored thorax

Tie it with an all wire abdomen

Tie it weighted or unweighted

Use your favorite weighting material (lead or non lead)

You can weight the entire shank or just the thorax area

Dubbing the tiny heads on these patterns is optional

Length of tails should equal 1 to 1 1/2 times the hook gap