Tails: 0.
Body: Peacock herl.
Legs: Black hen hackle, either 1 turn or a bunch of fibres tied false.
Head: Black ostrich herl.
PRINCE NYMPH
Hook: Nymph, sizes 10–16.
Thread: Black.
Tails: 2 brown goose biots, kept separate by a tiny ball of fine brown dubbing.
Body: Peacock herl.
Rib: Fine oval gold tinsel.
Hackle: Short-fibred brown hen, 2 turns.
Wings: 2 white goose biots, tied low over body.
ZUG BUG
Hook: Nymph, sizes 10–16.
Thread: Black.
Tails: Tips of three green peacock sword feathers.
Abdomen: Peacock herl.
Rib: Fine oval silver tinsel.
Thorax: Peacock herl.
Wing cases: Slip of wood duck flank feather (or drake mallard flank dyed wood duck).
Hackle: Speckled brown hen or partridge, 2 turns.
STIMULATOR
Hook: Nymph, sizes 8–12.
Thread: Dark brown.
Tail: Bunch olive or olive-brown marabou.
Body: Peacock herl.
Body hackle: Natural red (brown) henny-cock, palmered in open turns.
Rib: Copper wire.
KAKAHI QUEEN NYMPH
Hook: Nymph, sizes 12–14.
Thread: Brown.
Tails: Tuft brown hen hackle fibres.
Abdomen: Peacock herl.
Thorax: Burgundy (brown) floss.
Wing cases: Dark mallard quill slip.
Legs: Two small bunches brown hen hackle fibres.
Although the KAKAHI QUEEN NYMPH was designed by Norman Marsh (in Trout Stream Insects of New Zealand) to match the spiny-gilled mayfly Coloburiscus humeralis, it is a good all-round catcher of trout elsewhere.
AUSTRALIAN HAIR NYMPH
Hook: Nymph, sizes 12–16.
Thread: Brown.
Tail: 4–5 fibres speckled brown partridge.
Body: Rabbit underfur tied slender.
Rib: Fine oval silver tinsel.
Thorax: Hare’s mask.
Wing cases: Slip from speckled partridge tail.
Legs: Guard hairs teased from thorax.
TOM JONES
Hook: Nymph, sizes 8–14.
Thread: Black.
Tails: A few fibres black squirrel tail.