Ivens Green and Brown Nymph

[scotfly]

This is the Ivens Green and Brown. A good sedge imitation and a nymph I use to great effect at the height of summer? A weighted one on the point of a 25ft leader with a couple of buzzers or nymphs on the droppers.
The style and dressing is almost the same as the Jersey Herd, and like the Jersey Herd it is by Tom Ivens.

Instructions assume right-handed tyers.


HOOK  ? Kamasan B830 #10   (Weighted or unweighted)
THREAD? Brown
RIB  - Gold Oval
TAIL/BACK/HEAD? Peacock Herl
BODY   ? Green and Brown Ostrich Herl


STEP 1
Wrap the thread to the bend, catching in the rib as you go.




STEP 2
Tie in the peacock Herl on top of the shank with two or three wraps of thread on the same spot. Then lift the Her land  take one wrap of thread behind (to the right) it.



STEP 3
Tie in the Ostrich Herl. You can vary the amount of Herl to give a bias to one colour, e.g.: three green and one Brown for a Green bias. Here I have used two Green and two Brown Herls.




STEP 4
Twist the Ostrich into a rope and wrap to form the body, stroking the fibres back as you go. If need be add further twists to the rope as you wrap. Tie off at the point shown.







STEP 5
Wrap the rib forward in even turns and tie off. A few fibres will be trapped by the ribbing so give a rub with Velcro to free them.








STEP 6
Pull the Peacock Herl over to form the back and tie down at the head.



STEP 7
Tie in a three or four Peacock Herl at the head.



STEP 8
Twist the Herls into a rope and wrap towards the eye. Tie in and trim off waste, then whipfinish for the completed fly.



Tom Ivens did four nymphs in this serious (or possibly more) Simply follow the steps above using the appropriate colour of Ostrich Herl.
Green and Brown
Brown
Green and yellow
Green