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Egan's Thread Frenchie
- Sizes
- #14–#18
- Imitates
- mayfly nymph · midge pupa · attractor
- Origin
- Lance Egan
A thread-bodied, UV-resin-coated jig nymph that captures the Frenchie silhouette without fragile pheasant tail. Wire-ribbed and coated, it 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #14 | — | — | — | — |
| #16 | — | — | — | — |
| #18 | — | — | — | — |
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
Use small beads for tailwaters, heavier beads to anchor a rig. Olive is the signature color; brown and black cover warmer and darker water respectively.
History
The standard Frenchie has one weakness: pheasant tail shreds. Even with super-glue and counter-wrapped wire, a pheasant-tail Frenchie wears out after a dozen fish. Lance designed the Thread Frenchie to solve that problem — a tight thread body, counter-ribbed with copper wire, sealed under UV resin. The result is the same deadly silhouette and hot-spot collar, but the fly survives Euro-nymphing sessions where the pheasant-tail version would lose its body entirely. Lance now fishes and guides with Thread Frenchies more than any other nymph.