Tying The Rainbow Warrior 29Aug18

The Rainbow Warrior is one of my favs - is it a PMD nymph or just nothing but attractor? All I know is that it works and it is easy to tie and is a nice weighted fly for CO rivers. I use it especially when a river is turbid - silver seems to work better then - but I use it effectively too during PMD hatch weeks or just as attractor. Here they are ready to deploy.

Recipe/Ingredients:

• #20-22 TMC 2487 hook
• 70 red UTC UltraThread
• Head: 2mm/#20 or 1.5mm/#22 silver tungsten bead
• Tail: ~7 pheasant tail fibers
• Body: medium pearl mylar tinsel
• Thorax: rainbow sow scud dubbing
• Wing Casing: pearl mylar tinsel pulled over top of thorax

Here We Go...

Put bead on hook and bind on thread 

Select 7 PT fibers from "redish" side of feather -
Tear off together with ends even

Tie in PT fibers and adjust length (here tail is too
long) - then wind thread 1/3 down hook bend

Tie in mylar then wrap thread forward smoothly
to bead - wrap on mylar overlapping and bind in at bead

Fold mylar back and tie it down leaving a gap
equal to size of thorax (same size as bead) -
dub a noodle of rainbow sow scud to thread

Form thorax wrapping on dubbing and then pull
mylar over top of thorax and bind in at bead

Whip finish with a couple extra wraps to
allow a small red collar to show. DONE!