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Egan's Rainbow Warrior Perdigon
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.
Originated by Lance Egan
Recipe
- HookUmpqua XC400BL Jig — size 18 · Umpqua
- BeadSlotted Tungsten — Silver 2.5mm
- ThreadUTC Ultrathread 70D — Red · Danville
- TailCoq de Leon fibers
- BodyPearl Flashback Tinsel — Medium · UTC
- CoatingLoon UV Clear Flow or Solarez Bone Dry
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.
Fishing tips
Point fly on a Euro rig, paired with a lighter tag fly. The UV coating protects the pearl body through dozens of fish.