How to tie a Micro Nymph with Troutline Catgut Biothread

The Micro Nymph tied bellow with Catgut Biothread  is a fly used  in East Europe for  his realistic look and for “easy to be tied” fact. A fly like this is efficient  for his generic aspect  and  can be considered a search type of pattern.  In fact this pattern  is tied with body made of different types of threads but catgut gives a special look . The translucency is very unique and gives a realistic aspect to all flies ( nymphs or emergers ) tied with this  fantastic material.

To tie this nymph you need aprox 3-6 min depending of the tyier skills . An advice is to keep the catgut biothread for  4-5min in  water before use ( only the segment that is needed )

step1-tying-the-catgut-micro-nymph

 

step2-tying-the-catgut-micro-nymph

 

step-3-making-the-body-of-nymph-with-catgut

 

step-4body-of-nymph-tied-with-troutline-catgut-biothread

 

step-5-making-the-torax-with-troutline-mad-rabbit-dubbing

 

step-6-micro-baetis-nymph-tied-with-troutline-catgut-biothread-on-demmon-DSN-120BL-fly-hooks

 

How looks the nymph when  the body is dry.

step-7-micro-baetis-nymph-tied-with-troutline-catgut-biothread

 

The same nymph after a few seconds when  the body start to be wet

step-7-micro-baetis-nymph-tied-with-troutline-catgut-biothread-wet-body

 

The same situation for a nymph with under body tied with green thread and brown thread.

olive-dry-micro-nymph-tied-with-troutline-catgut-biothread

 

 

olive-wet-micro-nymph-tied-with-troutline-catgut-biothread

 

brown-dry-micro-nymph-tied-with-troutline-catgut-biothread

 

brown-wet-micro-nymph-tied-with-troutline-catgut-biothread

How look all these nymphs. Everybody can figure how  many nice nymphs in different colors and shades can be tied if you change the color of under body:

micro-french-nymphs--for-trout-and-grayling-tied-with-troutline-catgut-biothread

5 Comments
  • ingi georgsson
    September 20, 2015

    be on your email-list.
    Best regards from Iceland.
    Ingi

  • ingi georgsson
    September 20, 2015

    everything i have seen is verry good.

  • Lucian
    October 11, 2015

    Hi Ingi,
    I’m glad that you like them 🙂

    cheers
    Lucian

  • salesman
    April 12, 2016

    Beautiful nymphs. They will be the first ones I’ll use, after 3 years fishing stop.
    Have you got any recipe for tying FLAT mayfly nymphs in 12-14 hook size?
    Thanks and best regards.

  • James
    May 25, 2016

    Great looking flies Lucian, the catgut really makes them

Leave a Reply to James Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *