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Hogan’s Little Amigo Nymph
Little Amigo Nymph
Tying Instructions
1. Slide a copper bead onto the hook. I am using a 5/64th bead on a size 18 TMC 3769. Attach the thread behind the bead.
2. Select a section of Pheasant Tail fibers, about 4-5 barbs. Position the Pheasant Tail to the top of the hook shank and secure with 2 wraps. Adjust the tailing fibers so that they extend no more than 3/4 of the hook shank.
3. Next, secure an extra-small wire ribbing to the side of the hook shank and wrap both the wire ribbing and the Pheasant Tail to the bend of the hook. Maintain the Pheasant Tail to the top of the shank. Apply one thread wrap behind the ribbing, so that it doesn’t interfere with the tailing material.
4. Select a Turkey Biot and attach the biot at the tail tie-in position to the top of the hook shank with the notch of the biot facing the bead. Wrap the tag end of the biot up to the bead and trim off the tag.
5. Wrap the biot forward with distinct ribbing showing. You should get about 4-5 spirol wraps before securing the biot behind the bead and trimming off the tag end.
6. Wrap the wire ribbing forward between the spirol wraps. This wire ribbing will significantly protect the biot from breaking once the fly is being used.
7. Attach a small Pearlescent Tinsel behind the bead at the top of the hook shank. The tag end will drape over the tail. Next, secure a Goose Biot with the flat side up behind the bead and directly above the tinsel.
8. Apply some Antron dubbing to the thread, locking the first fibers to the shank behind the bead with the first thread wrap.
9. With the dubbing fibers locked to the shank, twist the dubbing around the thread for a tighter rope and wrap a thorax that is a little smaller in diameter than the bead.
10. Attach a strand of midge flash behind the bead for legs.
11. Additional legs will be Mallard Flank, attach a small section of flank to the side of the thorax and adjust the length so that the fibers just extend beyond the thorax.
12. So the same for the other side.
13. Bring the Goose Biot over the thorax between the two flank wings and secure with a couple of tight wraps.
14. Bring the flash over the biot and secure. The flash will lay within the trough of the biot since the cup of the biot is now facing upwards. Apply a couple of wraps in front of the biot along the base of the bead. This will really lock in the material.
15. Trim off the tag ends of the flash and biot and secure with a whip finish behind the bead.
16. Apply a drop of thick UV fly finish to the wing case.
17. You will need a UV lamp to harden the epoxy.
18. The finished Hogan Little Amigo Nymph.
| Materials
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| Hook | TMC 3769 #16-18 |
| Thread | Veevus Rusty Brown 10/0 |
| Head | Copper Bead |
| Body | Brown Turkey Biot |
| Thorax | Rust Antron |
| Tail | Pheasant Tail Fibers |
| Flashback | Pearlescent Tinselwith Loons Fly Finish Thick |
| Wingcase | Brown Goose Biot |
| Ribbing | Copper Brown Ultra Wire, Small |
| Legs | Woodduck dyed Mallard Flank and Root Beer Midge Flash |
Hogan Brown
Hogan’s Little Amigo Nymph
This pattern is designed by fly fishing guide Hogan Brown of Chico, CA . Hogan is a signature fly tier for Rio Products and has designed a number of flies that are marketed throughout Sierran Flyshops. Since Hogan guides on the Yuba and Feather Rivers, many of his patterns have been tested within these waters.
Small Mayflies
According to Hogan, “This fly comes in sizes #16-18 and Brown and Olive to imitate all the small olive and Brown mayfly nymphs on the Lower Sac and Lower Yuba River. That said as I developed the fly I have fished it all over the west. I have been working on this fly for a long time. Basically as soon as the S&M came out and gained mass popularity I figured I needed to come up with a new small mayfly nymph to fish as everyone and their mother was now fishing my old one…the S&M. So I tried all sorts of ideas, hooks, materials, natural, synthetic…you name it.
Always keeping in mind my tried and true may fly principals of may fly nymph design, Trim profile, straight shank hook, darker wing case then thorax, and minimal flash. I have fished the Amigo side by side the S&M and it fishes as good or better most days…some days fish want one or the other more but they are different flies. The Amigo has more movement in the thorax representing gills along with having a slim flash back with epoxy over it.
It also has natural fibers as legs which gives the fly a bit more action in the legs. It is a different fly then the S&M and while my goal for my own fly box was to develop a fly that replaced the S&M but it didn’t do that at all. Many days I fish both at various times and catch fish on both nymphs.”
Influenced by Mike Mercer
Hogan was greatly influenced by Mike Mercer (CB Micro Mayfly) and you will see that this pattern has many of the attributes of Mercer’s Micro Mayfly but handled differently by the materials chosen.
Variations
Little Amigo – Olive
| Hook | TMC 3769 #16-18 |
| Thread | Veevus 12/0 Light Olive |
| Head | Copper Bead |
| Body | Olive Turkey Biot |
| Thorax | Medium Olive Antron |
| Tail | Pheasant Tail Fibers |
| Flashback | Pearlescent Tinselwith Loons Fly Finish Thick |
| Wingcase | Brown Goose Biot |
| Ribbing | Olive Ultra Wire, Small |
| Legs | Woodduck dyed Mallard Flank and Root Beer Midge Flash |