I came up with this stonefly nymph while fishing in Yellowstone this year in late June. I was camping in the park at the Madison campgrounds after a long day on the Gibbon and Belcher rivers. A lot of the fishing I was doing involved drifting a two-fly combo of a orange stimulator and a regular stonefly nymph. As the daylight hours were fading I got snagged on the bottom of the Gibbon and ended up breaking off my last stonefly nymph. That night I was searching through my tying materials in the tent trying to come up with something to mimic the stonefly nymph with the supplies I had. This is what I came up with, and it was amazing the results I got. I didn't even miss the store bought stonefly nymphs, this random pattern was twice as effective as the real deal. Also, I cant tie a regular stonefly nymph and this pattern was so easy and effective, I never reloaded my nymph box when we finally made it to another fly shop.
Fly Recipe:
Hook: Tiemco 2487 size: 14
Head: 7/64 Gold Bead Head
Body: 8/0 Black Thread
Ribbing: Fine Gold Wire
Thorax: Black Dubbing
Legs: Black Rubber Rounds
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