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How To Tie a Deepwater Nymph

Steve Varga’s Tongariro Deep Water nymph

Using a size 8 Tiemco all purpose hook, tie on a strand of crystal flash and maribou tail. This material comes from the "boa" on material purchased from Spotlight. Use excess to wind on body on un weighted versions. Otherwise, trim excess and set aside for later.

Tie on gold ridding, figure eight the dumbell eyes and glue with super glue. Wrap tying silk all along hook and glue with nail varnish. Tie on lead weight for body and apply another drop of glue.

Wrap on maribou body fairly tight. Use an additional amount of dubbed seal’s fur above black maribou to trap air bubbles. Wrap gold wire along the body and tie off. Add a small amount of flash to the back. A heavy fly such as this is ideal in fast water when deep-water nymphing. In the Tongariro river and some of the others, including Australian and World Champion events, dumbell eyes are not permitted, so replace with additional lead. This nymph is the dropper fly and a tiny glo bug or nymph is the point fly. A fluorescent indicator is tied to the leader/ fly line loop. Nymphing is great fun but don’t forget to duck and wear ear protectors. Original fly pattern courtesy John Rumpf, fly and photo’s courtesy Steve Varga