Miracle Nymph

 TIED BY GALE DOUDY

Hook
Tiemco 100 size 16, 18, & 20
Thread
Danville 6/0 fluorescent pink
Underbody
Danville 6/0 fluorescent pink
Overbody
White single strand floss
Rib
Copper wire (brassie)
Head
Black thread

 Photos by Cynthia Hansen

 
 
 
Step 1. Attach pink thread one hook eye behind the eye. Tie on a piece of copper wire on opposite side of hook.
Step 2. Tie on a piece of white floss on the near side of the hook.
Step 3. Wrap wire and floss to the bend of the hook.

 

 
 
 
Step 4. Build a slightly tapered body to one hook eye distance behind the eye with the pink thread.
Step 5. Attach black thread behind the eye of the hook.
Step 6. Wrap white floss forward over wrapping each previous wrap by ½. This is important. Tie off white floss one hook eye behind the eye.

 

 
 
 
Step 7. Rip copper wire forward with 4 or 5 evenly spaced wraps. Tie off and cut excess floss and wire.
. Step 9. Build a thread head and then coat head with glossy type finish such as, Sally Hansen’s Hard As Nails fingernail polish.
Head coated with Knot Sense and set with UV light.  When wet turns transulence and shrimpy looking.

 

Pink underbody wet
Black underbody wet
 
 

 

Gale Doudy fishes the Taylor below the dam with a miracle nymph

The Miracle nymph is a sleeper fly. It is essential to cover the underbody with white floss. When wet the underbody color shows thru with a translucence effect that is amazing. For years I only fished it with black underbody. The last few years I have also been using the new fluorescent pink that is available. The pink shows through in a shrimpy looking color. I have fished Miracle nymphs all over. When ever small flies are required, it is one to try.                         Gale Doudy