This
fly comes from the website called ‘Fly Fish Food’, the home site of Clark Piece
& Curtis Fry. It is named after a
group of fly fishing friends who called their gathering the “Countach” Fly
Fishing Club. This is another variation
of a ‘Hares Ear’/’Squirrel’ dubbed nymph.
What’s important to take from this version is the addition of rubber
legs. I was never a big fan of
nymphs with rubber legs, but after fly fishing ‘golden stones’ with them, it
changed me forever. Sometimes the
addition of legs is what triggers trout to hit this fly.
Begin
by placing your bead on the hook and mount it in your vice. Start your thread immediately behind the
bead. Lock your bead into place with
your thread. Bring your thread back to
the end of the bend. Tie in your tail of
Micro legs to form a split ‘V’ tail on your nymph. Next tie in your rib of Root beer Midge
Sparkle Braid. Tie it in behind the bead
and wrap back down to your tail. Next,
begin to dub your squirrel body. You can
tie this fly in any color. Darker colors
or black can represent a stone fly. Dub
up to and behind the bead. Next, counter
wrap your rib taking even wraps along the body to give it a segmented
look. Tie and cut the tag end off behind
the bead. Now, make a short dubbing
loop. Your going to build up the dubbing
loop with more squirrel. Twist the
dubbing loop & squirrel with your dubbing tool. It should create a spiky-buggy dubbing
brush. Now wrap that dubbing brush
behind the bead. Usually, 3 wraps will
do it. Tie and clip it off. Bring your thread back behind the bead. Give it a couple wraps here. You are now going to tie on some rubber legs
on each side of the hook shank. One
strand will create a front leg and a back leg.
The legs should be approximately a hook shank in length. The front legs should be slightly shorter
than the back legs. Finally, whip finish
and cut off the tag end of thread. Apply
a dash of head cement to your finishing wraps.
‘Fly Fish Food’ has a great
instructional video on how to tie this fly below:
