Martin and Paul, thanks for the infos, When looking at the pic of the nymph I thought it has been wire which was used for the thorax. Guess I'll ty some up to see how they work in spring.
Rene -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- Von: Martin Westbeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Datum: Sonntag, 17. Februar 2002 17:28 Betreff: Re: [VFB] Ritz nymphs >Rene and Paul, >This is what I have found on Ritz. He wrote a book in French: Pris sur le vif, which was later >translated into English: A Fly Fisher's Life. The Ritz D is his most well-known and most widely used >nymph. The thorax is made of oval gold tinsel. The Ritz D should be cast upstream, dead drift, followed >by an "induced take" (that's what the article says) and a wet fly swing. Should be the ticket for >grayling acc to the article. >Recipe: >hook: 10-16 >thread: brown >tail: pheasant tail fibers >abdomen and thorax cover: peacock fibers >thorax: oval gold tinsel > >HTH >Martin >
