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Czech Nymph
Golden Stone, Chartreuse & Black Czech Nymph
Tying Instructions
1. Attach the hook to the vice. Wrap the leadfree wire covering about 70% of the total body length of the nymph. Leave some room behind the eye.
2. Attach the thread behind the eye and secure the leadfree wraps with spiroled thread wraps.
3. Lay a thread foundation over the leadfree wraps and the transitions on either end.
4. Attach a section of monofilament to the bottom of the hook shank.
5. Trim a section of scudback with a point on the end. Next, attach this scudback point to the top of the hook shank.
6. Secure the scudback downwards to the base of the body with thread wraps with the scudback on the top of the hook shank.
7. With the thread at the base of the body, attach the UV2 Scud dubbing (Golden Stone) to the thread with a clockwise twisting around the thread to form a small noodle. Slide the noodle up to the base of the body.
8. Take one wrap of the dubbing around the base of the body to lock in the fibers. Then, twist the noodle further creating a tight rope of dubbing around the thread.
9. Wrapping this dubbed rope with connecting turns up to the midpoint of the hook shank. The body should have a slight taper.
10. Next, attach some UV2 Seal-X dubbing (Chartreuse) for a “hot spot”. Twist the dubbing around the thread and create a dubbed rope like you did with the body.
11. Wrap the dubbing in front of the body for a “hot spot”. The spot should be about the width of the eye. Next, dub the thread with Hare’s Ear Plus Dubbing (Black) for the thorax.
12. Create a dubbing rope of the Hare’s Ear Plus dubbing and wrap a thorax behind the eye.
13. Bring the scudback over the top of the body and thorax, securing the scudback behind the eye with a couple of wraps. Bring the tag end back and secure the scudback behind the eye. Trim off the tag end of the scudback.
14. Wrap the monofilament forward with wide spirol wraps to the eye of the hook. Secure the tag end with thread wraps and trim off the tag of the monofilament.
15. Build a small head behind the eye and Whip Finish. Trim off the thread.
16. Apply a coat of UV Fly Finish Flow to the scudback and thread head.
17. Use a UV lamp to cure the finish.
18. Use a velcro strip or a dubbing brush to pull some of the fibers from the bottom of the body and thorax.
19. The finished Czech Nymph.
| Materials
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| Hook | Hanak 300BL #10-14 |
| Thread | Veevus 12/0 Black |
| Head | Veevus 12/0 Black |
| Weight | 0.015 Leadfree wire |
| Body | Golden Stone UV2 Scud dubbing |
| Shellback | 1/8 Brown Scud Back with UV Fly Finish Flow |
| Thorax | Black Hare's Ear Plus Dubbing |
| Hot Spot | Chartreuse UV2 Seal-X dubbing |
| Ribbing | Monofilament |
Czech Nymphs
Czech Nymphs were developed within the Czech Republic in the late 1980’s. Competition fly fishing is very popular in Europe and the Czechs achieved many Gold Medals utilizing their nymphs as well as the Czech nymphing technique used with this fly. The pattern represents caddis larvae and scuds.
Simple Materials
The first Czech Nymphs were tied from simple household items that the Czechs could gather, plastic foam body from a sponge, horsehair ribbing, and a shellback from salami casings. They were tied on bent grub hooks and were thick but, with time and experience, became thinner to represent caddis larvae and scuds.
Polish Influence
The history of the Czech Nymph is quite interesting since it was the Poles who first showed the Czechs the pattern in 1984 while fishing the Dunajec River in Poland for a competition between the two countries. The Poles were using 5X tippet bound to the tip of their rods since they had no fly line available and short drifted their flies with great results.
Mr Jozef Jelenski of the Polish team showed the Czech competitors two patterns, a Hydropsyche pattern made of hare’s fur and a Rhyacophylia pattern with a green body and tail. The Czech’s utilized this short line technique with their versions of the scud nymphs and placed second, behind the Poles, in the 1985 World Championships. This was followed with the Czechs winning the 1990, 1994, and 1996 World Championships. At the 1996 World Championships in Wales, the Czech’s explained their patterns and technique to the British press and the secret was out.
Adapted to our Sierran Waters
The pattern was adapted to Sierran fisheries in the late 1990’s and the heavily weighted thin profile was very useful in getting nymphs quickly down into fast moving water, working along the bottom. There are over 100 patterns of Czech nymphs, in a range of colors and sizes. They are generally a heavily weighted fly on a bent hook using lead wraps and sparsely dubbed bodies to create a slender, streamline profile. The body is capped by a thin shellback which makes it appear as a case-less caddis larvae and helps to streamline the fly for quick sinking.
Variations
Carotene Czech Nymph
| Hook | Hanak 300BL #10-14 |
| Thread | Veevus 12/0 Red |
| Head | Veevus 12/0 Red |
| Weight | 0.015 Leadfree wire |
| Body | Rusty Orange Hare's Ear Plus |
| Shellback | 1/8 Orange Scud Back with UV Fly Finish Flow |
| Thorax | Rusty Orange Hare's Ear Plus |
| Ribbing | Monofilament |
Olive & Orange Czech Nymph
| Hook | Hanak 300BL #10-14 |
| Thread | Veevus 12/0 Olive |
| Head | Veevus 12/0 Olive |
| Weight | 0.015 Leadfree wire |
| Body | Olive Hare's Ear Plus |
| Shellback | 1/8 Clear Scud Back with UV Fly Finish Flow |
| Thorax | Rainbow Scud Dub, Light Shade |
| Hot Spot | Rusty Orange Hare's Ear Plus |
| Ribbing | Monofilament |
Tan, Chartreuse, & Dark Olive Czech Nymph
| Hook | Hanak 300BL #10-14 |
| Thread | Veevus 12/0 Brown |
| Head | Veevus 12/0 Brown |
| Weight | 0.015 Leadfree wire |
| Body | Hare's Ear Hare's Ear Plus |
| Shellback | 1/8 Tan Scud Back with UV Fly Finish Flow |
| Thorax | Dark Olive Seal -X Dubbing |
| Hot Spot | Chartreuse UV2 Seal-X dubbing |
| Ribbing | Monofilament |
Tan & Black Czech Nymph
| Hook | Hanak 300BL #10-14 |
| Thread | Veevus 12/0 Dark Olive |
| Head | Veevus 12/0 Dark Olive |
| Weight | 0.015 Leadfree wire |
| Body | Tan Hare's Ear Plus |
| Shellback | 1/8 Tan Scud Back with UV Fly Finish Flow |
| Thorax | Black Seal -X Dubbing |
| Under Ribbing | Small Gold Wire |
| Ribbing | Monofilament |
Pink & Black Czech Nymph
| Hook | Hanak 300BL #10-14 |
| Thread | Veevus 12/0 Black |
| Head | Veevus 12/0 Black |
| Weight | 0.015 Leadfree wire |
| Body | Shrimp Pink UV2 Scud Dubbing |
| Shellback | 1/8 Clear Scud Back with UV Fly Finish Flow |
| Thorax | Black Seal-X Dubbing with Black Marker on top of Shellback |
| Ribbing | Monofilament |