About the Draper Stonefly Nymph Trout Fly

An imitation of a bottom dweller. Great fly to fish along the lake bed, The way the fly has been created it swims point up which means a relatively snag free hook.

Expert Tip:

In stillwaters, specially in small fisheries you almost always find a big trout or two located in the deeper water. Check them out !

Creator of this trout fly: Terry A Ruane

Tier of this trout fly: Terry A Ruane

Country of origin for this trout fly: England

This trout fly is designed to be fished on Dams & Reservoirs, Rivers & Streams, Still Water fish

Dressings

• Hook : 6- 16
• Thread : Colour to suit 6/0
• Tail : Biots
• Weight : Add at this stage. Keep flat.
• Body : Furry Foam or dubbing
• Legs : Biots either side of shoulder
• Thorax : Dubbing to suit
• Wing Pads : Your choice
• Head : Tie off and Varnish

The double shank adds extra weight tending to rotate this hook to swim piont up.. I add extra weight to ensure the point rides up and to get the fly down. The hook however can present problems when tieing the intial threa wraps the angled shoulders and brazings at the bend both have slippery surfaces. I overcome this by tieing on a very thin foam strip in front of the shoulders, then wrapping this foam down to the bend and back to the thread and remove surplus foam. The thread cam now be wrapped to any postion