Tellico Nymph
Size 8 to 22 1x long 2x heavy hook I like Tiemco 3761 hooks.

Black 8/0

8 Strands of Peacock Herl and Yellow or Chartruse floss.  (Wrap the floss, and rib with one strand of peacock herl than pull the remain strand over the body and tie down.

Brown Hen Hackle (Soft hackle prefered)

This is a great pattern for still waters, I have had luck with it for grayling at a lake that was 7000' feet up and Coastal Cutthroat in a pond only a few feet above sea level, and even picky brown trout. I prefer to use it in smaller sizes as a dropper, either under a dry or another nymph.  Over the summer of 2006 I had good luck with this pattern in a freestone stream for Greenback Cutthroat in Colorado where there were a lot of wasps present.  I fished as a dropper under a dry and it got a lot of attention from the fish. 

The original version of this pattern calls for a tail and a stiff hackle, but I think that the extra movement from the soft hackle usually helps to get the fish's attention.
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Notes
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Step 1:  Place bead sized to match the size of the hook, and start the thread about 3/4 of the shank behind the eye of the hook.  First tie in 3 to 5 stands of yellow or charteuse floss about 4" to 5" long.  Then tie in five or six pieces of peacock herl.

Step 2: Wrap the floss to just behind the bead then wrap it back to the rear of the body and to the front again and tie it off leaving some room behind to bead for a couple turns of hackle later.  This should form a kind of football shaped body.



Step 3:  Take one of the pieces of peacock herl and wrap it forward across the floss body forming a rib and tie it of behind the bead.



Step 4:  Pull the remaining pieces of peacock herl over the to floss body and tie it of in front of the bead.



Step 5:  Tie in a brown hen soft hackle sized to match to hook or slightly over sized.



Step 6:  Do two turns with the hackle and tie it off then whip finish and head cement and you have one of the more versitle and most under fished nymphs around.