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Winter Warrior SBS

Published by tbblom
10-09-2012

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:

Tying in the tail/trim excess:

Wire and tinsel tied in, body smoothed and formed by thread:

Tinsel wrapped forward and secured. Do not trim excess:

Wire wrapped forward and secured, add a pinch of dubbing:

Dubbing wrapped. Tinsel folded forward as a wingback:

Clip excess fibers and tinsel. Double whip finish:

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How effective is this fly? (1 low, 10 high)		8
How good is the tying?		9
Good photograph?		8
1 user rated 83% average

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By comeonavs on 10-09-2012, 09:05 PM

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.

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.

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By sur3 shot on 03-02-2013, 07:00 PM

Member reviews
How effective is this fly? (1 low, 10 high)		8
How good is the tying?		9
Good photograph?		8
Average 83%

Re: Winter Warrior SBS

good fly man very effective

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By tbblom on 03-02-2013, 09:30 PM

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:

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By flybum101 on 03-29-2013, 09:02 AM

Re: Winter Warrior SBS

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

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