Mono-eyed Peacock Herl Nymph Nymph Freshwater Hook : Kamasan B830 or similar (size 10). Thread : Olive. Tail : Olive marabou. Body : Fine olive dubbing. Ribbing : Gold wire or gold metallic thread. Thorax/Head : Peacock herl. Eyes : Monofilament line (see details below). Legs : Small rubber legs coloured to suit.
Tying Instructions Form the eyes using the following procedure: 1) Cut a 15 mm piece of monofilament line of around 25 pound test. I use Maxima Chameleon for its' brown colour but clear is OK too. 2) Hold the mono in a pair of needle nosed pliers so that about 2-3 mm of the line is in the jaws and the rest protrudes equally on either side. 3) Burn the mono with a cigarette lighter until it catches fire and let it burn down to the pliers. Blow it out JUST BEFORE it reaches the jaws. Hold the line vertically when doing this and a small globule should form. 4) Repeat on the other end of the mono 5) Crimp the mono so that the 3 mm section between the 'eyes' is flat. 6) You should now have a small 'barbell' ; two eyes joined by a small stalk. Practise makes perfect, but it's really quite easy! Tying the Fly 1) Fasten the thread near the eye of the hook and fasten the mono eyes to the shank about 2 or 3 mm behind the eye of the hook using a figure 8 wrap. 2) Take the thread down the shank to opposite the barb. 3) Tie in an olive marabou tail. 4) Tie in gold wire or metallic thread 5) Dub forward using olive dubbing to about 2 mm behind the mono eyes. 6) The body should be SLIM! 7) Wrap the gold wire forward and tie off behind the mono eyes. 8) Tie in two pieces of small round rubber about 15 mm long to form the four legs (more if you like!). Tie them in parallel to the shank, they will splay to form an 'X' as you tighten the thread. 9) Tie in a single peacock herl then take the thread forward of the mono eyes. 10) Wrap the peacock herl behind, around and in front of the mono eyes to form a small thorax/head and tie off. This gets slightly tricky as you have to wriggle it around the legs and the eyes on their stalk. 11) Whip finish and varnish.
Fly Notes This fly is a conglomeration of features of damsel nymphs seen in the book 'Australia's Best Trout Flies' and 'Freshwater Fishing' magazine Issue No. 47 ('Damselflies' P. 148)
Fishing Notes Use standard nymph leader according to size of hook. Target species is Trout.
Location Notes This nymph should be fished close to weed beds in lakes or slow moving waters as this is a favoured home to the damselfly nymph.
Prey Notes Represents the nymph stage of the damselfly. Change the colour of this nymph to imitate what you find in the lake.
Tier Bernie Baer

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