Lickety Split Jig Nymph - My #1 Confidence Fly Pattern - Fly Tying Tutorial
Whether it's a river I've fished a thousand times, or one I'm standing in for the first time, this is typically the first fly I tie on. I began creating and fishing the Lickety Split over 8 years ago. Since then I've simplified the way I tie this pattern, and it's not only quicker and easier to tie in this fashion, but I believe it fishes better than the original.
Confidence in a pattern comes with success and time on the water. I've fished this pattern all over the Western US with great success. The Lickety Split is a mayfly nymph imitation, and since most rivers throughout the world have mayfly populations this is a year-round go-to fly pattern on nearly any trout river or stream. I fish this nymph on a Euro nymphing setup, under a dry dropper, and on an indicator rig. It get's to depth quickly and grabs the attention of the fish. It is a deadly pattern that is straight forward and easy to tie. I invite you to give it a shot!
Recipe:
Hook: Umpqua XC400BL Jig 14-18
Bead: Gold Slotted Tungsten
Thread: Black Uni Thread 8/0
Tail: Coq De Leon
Rib: 4X Tippet
Wing Case: Black Holo Tinsel - Medium
Underwing: Pink Foam
Coating: Solarez - Bone Dry or Sally Hansen's Hard as Nails (Clear Polish)
The black and pink variation I tie in this video is my top producer, but I also tie it in rusty brown and yellow (PMD), along with a few other color variations.
Fun side note, the original Lickety Split was my first pattern to get picked up commercially by Rainy's flies 8 years ago :-)
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That's a really unique fly 😊
It’s great to see you back tying some awesome fly patterns! 🙏🏼👏🏼
a tip I do when using tipis is I use a lighter and heat the end of the line to make s small ball on the end and then tye it on to the bead end right where the slot is that way there's no chance of the tipis pulling out when wrapping it.
Some really great techniques for that wingcase...giving me some ideas to try out!
So sik! I tie some that are very similar and but without the splitback-- which is next level! Stoked to try these!
🎉 Fun Fly 🎉
Gilbert, thanks for this great tying video! I am going to use white foam so I can colour it up on the river! :-) Can't wait to fish this fly!
I love this pattern and will tie them in black and brown as shown. Thanks for sharing! ( I did buy that eBook, which has some great pics and the material lists. )
Nice pattern. I love split back nymphs. They are deadly. I use ice dub instead of the foam to essentially same effect.
Great fly. I’ll try her out 👍🏻👊🏻
Hey Gilbert, nice to see a new video from you. I was wondering if you have updated your Rawley’s Stonefly pattern since the original post. I would like to see that one again if you have changed anything up. Thanks.
Great fly and really enjoy your relaxed v/o
That is sweet!!!!
A+
For the wing case on the brown variation, do you go with copper holo tinsel or brown holo tinsel? You mentioned color was important on these so I figured I'd ask what wing case you've had the most success with on the brown version.
What a great looking fly man!! I’m gonna try some in olive and brown! Yellow would be okay with olive and what flash would you run the black still or what you think?
That intro was far more impressive than the fly, and I really like the fly. Reminds me of a Higa's SOS. Why is it oriented with the wingcase down though? That's how I tie my SOS'es but most FlyTubers tie them case up, even on jig flies. Also, does the foam interfere with keeling or make the fly at all bouyant?
Awesome fly for sure! I am wondering with thickness you use for the foam. Is it 2mm or something smaller.
Hi Gilbert from the video it is difficult to determine the size of the pink foam piece you use?Any chance of giving the dims in mm's?thanks
Just tied a black one of these and will tie a bunch more. For the PMD version, what thread would you recommend using? Thanks!