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Egan's Rainbow Warrior Perdigon
- Sizes
- #16–#20
- Imitates
- mayfly nymph · midge pupa · attractor
- Origin
- Lance Egan
A dense, UV-coated perdigon that translates the Rainbow Warrior's color palette — pearl body, red collar, silver bead, pheasant-tail tail — into the smooth-profiled Spanish nymph-fishing style. Sinks fast, holds up to fish after fish.
Recipe
This is one dressing. Tie it in other colors to match the hatch in front of you.
Workbench
Variants
Swipe to see In box and Add
| Size | Bead | Body | In box | Add to box |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #16 | — | — | — | — |
| #18 | — | — | — | — |
| #20 | — | — | — | — |
At the vise
Tying notes are not on file for this pattern.
Tying video
Fishing now on
Rivers whose hatch chart names this pattern this month. Names and sizes only.
Not named on this month's hatch charts.
On the water
Point fly on a Euro rig, paired with a lighter tag fly. The UV coating protects the pearl body through dozens of fish.
History
Perdigons — Spanish for 'pellet' — are the fastest-sinking small nymphs in modern fly fishing. Their smooth resin-coated bodies slice through the water column, letting you fish thin tippet without split shot. Lance built the Rainbow Warrior Perdigon by stripping his signature pattern down to its essential colors and wrapping them in Solarez or Loon UV Flow. The result is a pattern that combines the Warrior's proven fish-catching palette with the anchor properties of a competition perdigon.