Friday Night Flies – Birken Bug

Friday Night Flies – Birken Bug

Learn how to tie flies for fly fishing on Friday Night Flies.
The Birken Bug was designed for the Birkenhead River by Scott Leboldus of the Pemberton Fish Finder.  Scott fly fishes this River daily and continues to modify patterns to perfection.  This Trout nymph covers a few different bugs, most commonly the Stonefly Nymph.  This pattern uses modern fly tying materials.
Material List;
size 10 wet nymph hook,
5/32 cyclopes eyes black,
lead wire 0.020,
unit-thread 6/0 black,
vinyl rid MDG black,
laser dubbing red and black mixed,
ice dubbing shrimp,
goose biots black,
CDC ginger,
peacock herl.