Fly Patterns
Birds Nest
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DESIGNED BY: Cal Bird HOOK: 3761 THREAD: Match body TAIL: Wood duck RIB: Gold wire ABDOMEN: Brown, gray or green Australian opossum LEGS: Wood duck THORAX: Same as abdomen |
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| The birds nest was designed by Cal Bird for catching Truckee River trout. It is my favorite nymph on all western trout rivers and streams. Fish it dead drift in the film or along the bottom with a split shot to mimic a nymph. It can be fished on the swing to imitate an ascending caddis pupae or stripped along the edges of weed beds to simulate a swimming nymph or baitfish. It is deadly when treated with Tite Lines dry fly powder or Orvis' Ultra Float to make it repel water and hold air bubbles. These bubbles look very much like a subsurface ovipositing caddis.
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