Small Stone

This is a small stonefly pattern that I use for steelhead. It is tied on a size 8 hook, so it is not really a small stonefly, but it is small in terms of other steelhead flies. It is a pretty standard nymph pattern and there aren't too many unique features about it, but it works. Here are the step-by-step directions. 

Materials: Goose Biots, Ice Dubbing, Bead Head, Copper Wire, Flash.

Tools: Scissors, Vise, Bobbin.

Step 1: Slide bead head on the hook and make a thread base behind it.

Step 2: Tie in two biots in the rear off the back of the hook shank so that they form a "V"

Step 3: Tie in a piece of wire in the rear of the fly. Dub the body leaving space behind the bead head to tie off the wire.

Step 4: wrap the wire up the body and tie it off. Tie in flash. Dub the rest of the body up to behind the bead head.

Step 5: Fold the flash overtop the dubbing to form a wing-case.

Step 6: Dub a small collar in front of the flash and behind the bead.

Step 7: Tie in biots; one on either side of the bead facing forward. Whip finish and apply head cement.