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A suggestive nymph to rival the Pheasant Tail Nymph and a reservoir match angler’s favourite middle dropper fly.
Material list for the Cruncher
Hook: Size 12 Kamasan B175
Thread: Black or brown
Tail: Half a dozen red game hackle fibres
Rib: Copper wire
Body: Cock pheasant tail
Thorax: One strand of peacock herl
Hackle: 2 or 3 turns of Greenwell’s cock hackle
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