modern Michigan nymph · by 2012
Beaded Alevin
Unverified origin Only the Current Works page covers it, and that page does not state who designed it. Attribution to Kraimer is inferred from the site.
History
A small sac-fry imitation, with a plastic bead standing in for the yolk, for late winter and early spring in rivers where salmon spawned the previous fall and steelhead spawn in spring. It is drifted as a dropper on a nymph rig for steelhead and swung and twitched for trout.
Materials
| Hook | Daiichi 2450, size 8 |
|---|---|
| Thread | Uni 6/0 gray |
| Bead | 4 mm orange/pink plastic bead (yolk sac) |
| Rib | Small or brassie silver Ultra Wire |
| Body | Silver minnow belly Senyo's Laser Yarn |
| Wing | Light olive Ice Dub |
| Topping | Peacock Ice Dub |
| Eyes | 5/32 in. silver 3-D molded, glued with fabric adhesive |
Sources
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No photo yet. Every photo on michfly is of a fly tied for the site, so they're added a few at a time.
Original recipe cards for many Michigan patterns are kept at the Michigan Dry Flies archive, built by the late Tom Deschaine.