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Nyerges Nymph with Shellback
(Shrimp Pattern)
Brought to you by: www.KidFish.bc.ca
The KidFish website site designed to help students and teachers learn more about our fish, the freshwater world, and the craft of fly fishing.
This project is a local Prince George initiative, lead by Erich Franz, school teacher, avid fly fisherman and project co-ordinator. His vision has been implemented by Karen Heathman of Indigo Ink Graphic Design, web site researcher, writer, and designer.
This site is meant to help children in grades 5 to 7 learn more about their environment. It has been designed as a web-based tool so that it is accessible to a wide array of children. This project is designed to fit within the BC School Curriculum and touches on a broad number of skills identified in the curriculum outline.
GETTING STARTED
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MATERIALS NEEDED
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- Originator: Gil Nyerges
- Hook: Mustad 9672 (or equivalent) size 8 (commonly tied in size 10)
- Thread: 6/0 black
- Ribbing: copper wire, medium
- Shellback: clear plastic
- Hackle: Grizzly
- Body: Green chenille, medium diameter
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Step 1: Cut off a piece of copper wire about 6 cm long. Lay it along the shank of the hook so one end is about 4 mm behind the eye and tie it in using the Pinch. (see Basic Skills, section 5, Tying in the materials). Wrap the thread around the length of the wire and wind it back to the bend of the hook.
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Step 2: Next cut a piece of plastic material from a freezer bag or the like. It should be about 5 mm wide and at least 3 cm long. At one end of the strip snip the corners as shown. This makes the tying in a bit easier.
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Step 3: Next lay the strip flat on top of the hook. Place it only over the back 4 mm or so of the hook. Use the pinch and tie in the shell back. Secure with several tight wraps.
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Step 4: Next select and tie in a grizzly hackle as you did with the Woolly Worm and Woolly Bugger.
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Step 5: Cut off a 10 cm piece of green chenille and tie in like you did on the Woolly Worm and Woolly Bugger. Cinch in the materials one last time at the bend.
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Step 6: Before wrapping the materials, make sure you wrap the thread to the front of the hook, just behind the eye.
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Step 7: Again, like you did with the Woolly Worm and Woolly Bugger, wrap the chenille forward and tie off. Then palmer the hackle forward and tie off. Remember leave about 3 mm of bare hook behind the eye.
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Step 8: Now it is time to give your fly a ³haircut². Trim off any of the hackle fibers that are sticking up.
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Step 9: Next take the plastic shellback and pull it over the fly to the front. Tie it off in the same way you did the chenille and hackle. Secure with a few extra wraps.
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Step 10: Snip off the excess shellback material.
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Step 11: Next, take the copper wire and wrap forward. In total there should only be about 6 wraps of the wire. As you wrap under the fly, slowly wiggle the wire back and forth so you donıt trap any of the hackle barbules between the wire and the body. If any fibers get trapped, use your bodkin or toothpick to pull them out as you move the wire along.
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Step 12: Once the wire is at the front, wrap it around the hook another 2 times. Tie it off and snip off the the excess. Do not use your scissor tips when snipping wire. It will dull them. Make sure the wire is placed deep back in the scissors before cutting. Another option is to use some old scissors instead. Build a thread head, secure with 5 half hitch knots, snip the thread and add head cement. Here is the completed Nyerges Nymph.
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