With it being the first day of Spring today, I thought a little March Brown clinger nymph would be appropriate. This is an easy tie that fishes up side down. If you don’t have the Fiery brown stickle dubbing, any other buggy dubbing in the right colour will do. Fish this pattern deep, bouncing it along the river bed…

March brown fly pattern recipe

• Hook: Mustad C49 # 12-18
• Tying thread: Sheer 14/0 Brown
• Weight: Flat lead tape
• Tail: Pheasant tail
• Rib: 0.040 Copper wire
• Abdomen: Fiery Brown Stickle dub
• Wing case: Brown Antron yarn with UV resin
• Thorax: Brown Stickle dub

How to tie March brown nymph