Zola Bug
Hook: Fulling Mill 5045 Jig Force Barbless Hook or jig hook of choice Size #14.
Bead: 7/64” 2.8 mm Slotted Metallic Purple Bead.
Tail: Black or Dark Spanish Coq De Leon.
Thread/Body: SemperFli Nano Silk Ultra Fine 100
Dener 6/0 Black Thread.
Rib: Purple Flexi-Floss or Life Flex.
Thorax/Hot Spot: UV Lavender or Purple Ice Dub.
I love using nymphs
with purple in the winter. Rainbows
especially love them. This fly was also
developed for stained and off-colored water, but I've used it in all types of water conditions.
Plain & simple, IT JUST CATCHES FISH!
To tie this fly place your jig hook and bead in the vice. Start your thread behind the bead. Give it a few securing wraps. Cut off the excess thread. Wrap your thread down to the bend. Next, tie in your Coq De Leon Tail. It should be no longer than a hook shank length beyond the bend. Cut off the butt ends. Now tie in a strand of Purple Flexi-Floss or Life Flex. I like to capture it behind the bead and wrap it down to the bend.
Create a uniform tapered body with your thread and leave it behind the bead. Now wrap your rib forward creating a segmented body. Tie it off behind the bead and cut off the excess. Next, you are going to create a Purple Collar behind the bead by dubbing a slim noodle of UV Ice Dub. Take a couple wraps behind the bead, whip finish the fly, and you’re done.
Fly Fish Food has a great video on how to tie this fly below:
If you have any questions about this fly or would like to submit a Fly of The Month I can be reached at pdinice@frontier.com .
