Winter Warrior SBS
 

Winter Warrior SBS, Fall/winter 2012 nymph swap
a rainbow warrior in a dark scheme with black holo tinsel.
Originally tied for Boulder creek as a winter nymph for deeper holes. It also works for alpine brookies and the occasional tailwater fish. Kind of looks like a mayfly larva or a big midge.

hook: Umpqua 201 #18 curved
thread: Iron Grey 8/0
bead:2.0mm black brass
Abdomen/wingback: black holo tinsel medium
Segmentation: Lagartun fine blue
Thorax:UV ice dub, dark olive
tail:black rooster neck (8-10 fibers)

Bead and thread base:
http://www.theflyfishingforum.com/ph...0/DSC_8082.JPG
Tying in the tail/trim excess:
http://www.theflyfishingforum.com/ph...0/DSC_8083.JPG
Wire and tinsel tied in, body smoothed and formed by thread:
http://www.theflyfishingforum.com/ph...0/DSC_8085.JPG
Tinsel wrapped forward and secured. Do not trim excess:
http://www.theflyfishingforum.com/ph...0/DSC_8089.JPG
Wire wrapped forward and secured, add a pinch of dubbing:
http://www.theflyfishingforum.com/ph...0/DSC_8092.JPG
Dubbing wrapped. Tinsel folded forward as a wingback:
http://www.theflyfishingforum.com/ph...0/DSC_8094.JPG
Clip excess fibers and tinsel. Double whip finish:
http://www.theflyfishingforum.com/ph...0/DSC_8095.JPG

http://www.theflyfishingforum.com/ph.../DSC_8104a.JPG

Re: Winter Warrior SBS
 

Thanks TB,

I tried tying some of these up the other day based off just a photo. I tied it two different ways. One with UV Ice dub translucent whitish blue color and one with Ice dub peacock black.

Both look good but I didn't add the wire wrap so now I gotta go back to the vice.:D

Thanks tons for the pattern I cant wait to tie a few up and run it with a size 20 RS2 behind it. Should be a killer cold water set up.

Re: Winter Warrior SBS
 

good fly man very effective

Re: Winter Warrior SBS
 

Thanks guys!
The original pattern, the Rainbow Warrior, is a Lance Egan pattern. I just gave it a black color scheme with a wire wrap!
On rainbow warriors, changing thread/dubbing/tinsel/wire color vastly changes the appearance of the fly. Chartreuse thread makes a nice bright green hue, with black it looks kind of turquoise, rust orange is also pretty cool.
Some variants:
http://www.theflyfishingforum.com/ph.../DSC_8437a.JPG

Re: Winter Warrior SBS
 

cool looking flies been doing something very close experimenting with different dubbings for thorax