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nymph
Egan's Red Dart
- Sizes
- #12–#16
- Imitates
- mayfly nymph · attractor · prince nymph
- Origin
- Lance Egan
An attractor nymph that merges the Red Tag's tail with the Prince Nymph's soft-hackle collar, finished with peacock Ice Dub and a UV-pink hot spot. Designed for fish that want flash with natural pulse.
Recipe
This is one dressing. Tie it in other colors to match the hatch in front of you.
- HookHanak 400 BL Jig — size 14 · Hanak
- BeadSlotted Tungsten — Gold 3.3mm
- ThreadUTC Ultrathread 70D — Red · Danville
- TailRed saddle hackle fibers
- BodyHareline Ice Dub — Peacock
- RibSulky Metallic Tinsel — Opalescent 8040
- ThoraxHareline Ice Dub — UV Pink (hot spot)
- HackleBrown / Furnace / Coachman-Brown hen cape
- Rib 27X tippet (secondary rib)
- Weight.015" lead wire (optional)
Workbench
Variants
Swipe to see In box and Add
| Size | Bead | Body | In box | Add to box |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #12 | — | — | — | — |
| #14 | — | — | — | — |
| #16 | — | — | — | — |
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
Add the optional .015" lead wire under-body for a heavy Euro-rig anchor fly.
History
Lance designed the Red Dart at the 2011 World Fly Fishing Championships in Bolzano, Italy. The local fish were eating Red Tags and Prince Nymphs, and he was winning sessions on a modified Prince: red thread collar and peacock Ice Dub body. His next step was to merge the two patterns into one — replacing the Prince's biots with a Red Tag–style dyed hackle tail, keeping the brown soft-hackle collar, and tucking a UV pink hot spot behind the bead. The fly has won Lance fish in Italy, America, and every country he has fished since. Why does it work? He doesn't know. The fish do.