Recipe – Dave’s Bubble Emerger
Hook – Long shank, light wire, size 12 to 18
Shuck – Variegated Z-lon or Antron (colors of your choice)
Thread – 6/0 green, yellow, or light brown
Body – Thread
Air Bubble – Clear heat shrink
Wing – Web Wing or similar (white or off-white)
Collar – Grizzly saddle feather cut flat on the bottom
Legs – Brown rubber
Real air bubble nymphs using heat shrink - what I have termed the Dave’s Bubble Emerger. I realize there is plenty of controversy over Gary LaFontaine’s claim of an air bubble causing a nymph to rise to the surface and emerge, but few dismiss the use of a bead or some type of material (usually Antron) to create this elusion. So, if you are going to tie a nymph or emerger that has this elusion why not make it a fly that really has an air bubble. (Note: this technique can be applied to any fly where air bubble elusion is desired) Fish this fly anywhere you would any other emerger, but especially in surface film or foam.
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