Low Resolution (click) | | This is an amazing fly. During the early season, and just
prior to the Salmon Fly hatch, there is no better fly.
The secret to the Marshmallow Nymph is not appearance so much as
texture. Marshmallow Nymphs are made from soft, spongy open cell foam.
They look and feel so much like the real thing that trout don't spit
them out right away. When fishing with soft bodied nymphs, I often find
myself pulling my line out of the water in casual preparation for
another cast only to find a determined and totally unexpected trout
still clinging to the soft, lively nymph at the end of my line. On
other occasions, I have many times watched my leader zigzag slowly off
through the current, even though I hadn't felt the slightest trace of a
strike. In thirty years of fly fishing, I have never seen that before!
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Marshmallow nymphs
Start body and legs
Dimple abdomen
Weighted hook
Mount thorax
Tie off at head
Marshmallow nymph
Black Stone Variant