Leisenring’s Iron Blue Nymph

This is my tying of the Iron Blue Nymph per Leisenring’s “The Art of Tying the Wet Fly”.

This pattern is #12 in his list of his 12 favorite flies.

12. Iron Blue Nymph:
Hook: 14, 15
Silk: crimson or Claret
Hackle: two turns short Cock Jackdaw throat
Tail: two or three soft white fibers tied short
Body: dark mole spun on crimson or claret silk with two or three turns of silk exposed at the tail.