How to tie the Jack Daniels
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The Jack Daniel’s possesses all the quintessential elements of a modern Euro nymph. It is slender and dense, with a segmented body beneath a smooth resin coating. The pattern is primarily designed to represent mayfly nymphs drifting through the current.
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Jack Daniels Nymph Materials List
- Hook: Firehole Stick 551
- Bead: Firehole Slotted Tungsten Stone Copper
- Tail: Coq de Leon (3 to 4 Fibers)
- Body Thread: UTC 70 Tan
- Ribbing: Black Marker
- Coating: Loon Flow UV Resin
- Dubbing (Thorax and Collar Loop): Fulling Mill Peacock Dubbing Black UV
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Firehole Sticks 551
Firehole Tungsten Stones
Coq de Leon
Peacock Dubbing
UTC 70 Tan
Loon Flow
Tools used
- Vise: Griffin Montana
- Bobbin: Loon Ergo Bobbin
- Scissors: Loon Outdoors Ergo Arrow Point Fly Tying Scissors
- UV Light: Loon Infiniti
- Whip Finisher: Loon Ergo Whip Finisher
- Dubbing Twister: Stonfo Elite
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