Tying the Improved Galloup's BWO Nymph

In this video Kelly ties a simplified version of his popular BWO nymph.

[@ngoshawk1]

I’d love to spend a day on the water with you. Your teaching style is so down to earth it that everything you say makes sense!

[@dparacca]

Beautiful fly kelly. Can't wait to get out there this August

[@almoschetti5503]

Love it Kelly and the your signature thread. Follow you often. Keep them coming. Just picked up your streamer book. Thanks alot

[@johnshand6176]

I tried your BWO nymph yesterday on the Waioeka River down-under in NZ and had my best day in 2 years. 17 fish hooked including a 5lb brown and a 5lb rainbow, all returned to grow bigger. I tied them on a size 14 and 16 barbless dry fly hooks. Thanks for such an effective simple tie.

[@TheSlideinn]

John, Wow what a great day, glad to hear they like them as much down there as here. Kelly

[@TheoriginalPbSlinger]

So good! Keep em coming!

[@robertgalloup1747]

Great fly tying lesson. I tie this in a size 12. Late spring Steelhead love these thing as well. Keep up the great work and TIGHT LINES.

[@bowhuntznj]

Very Nice I will have to give them a try this season. It's amazing all the uses for Pheasant tail and Peacock here both great fly tying materials! Roger,

[@jeffskidmore8138]

Kelly great pattern. I used it as a trailer behind a small parachute adams this weekend on the Yellowstone. We found fish sipping emergers and it was killer. Thanks

[@gibbtard]

Beautiful kelly

[@bowhunter2712]

Thanks for another great lil pattern. I really appreciate how you always explain everything so well. You are one of my favorite fly Tyers to watch because of the way you explain and tell the story.🍻

[@TheSlideinn]

Bow , thanks man and thanks for watching

[@ChrisWalklet]

Great clear explanations. In many cases it is just another fly tying video. Great stuff.

[@sebastiaanv5755]

i just got into tying my own flies, and i have to say this is my favorite one so far. Worked like a charm here in the Ardennes (Belgium). I caught alot of chub with it fishing it first like a dry fly and then like a nymph. Also its very cheap to make

[@kellygalloup6073]

Erine, sorry to hear you have reached that age, I sell them on line. I just watched this, don't usually watch my stuff, hate my voice. Anyway I noticed the wings look pretty big in the pictures, there is really not much material there just looks like it, when the stuff gets wet its almost invisible, and I also use pearl Ice Dub for that wing/gill but it is a touch more coarse. Hey George if you see this Page 180 in Joe's book Trout Fishing are the flies Dave Whitlock tied. thanks to everybody for watching

[@GeorgeSemel]

Yea, Dave was a very young and up and comer when Joe wrote the book! God it's almost 50 years ago!

[@bseagle01]

Always informative--cheers Kelly! See you this summer...

[@GeorgeSemel]

Gee about 33 years ago I ran out of turkey wing feathers, but I still needed to tie some hare's ear nymphs for an day trip to my favorite stream here in CT, I used Peacock herl for the wing case and the fly just worked way better been doing that on my nymphs ever since! I like way you do the gills, I am going to have to do that myself, the season is getting some steam now- Lots of fish around to catch! I still wish I could retire to the banks of the Madison! Joe Brooks "Trout" is a great book, I have mine since 1973 or so!

[@jedicazador]

Thank you Sir your knowledge is always welcome addition to my FF arsenal

[@dbarr15]

Just wanted to let you know I am hammering fish in NJ on this pattern. Simple and easy to tie. Thanks.

[@billedwards2657]

Original version bailed me out yesterday. Great fly!

[@ipod1978]

Very good video

[@simon-fly3516]

Question: any thoughts on using UV cure resin to coat the wing case? Seen it done, a lot lately, makes sense for strength as well, but curious of your thoughts regarding a potential downside. Great teaching video as always. Thanks

[@davidveilleux6370]

Hey Kelly when you say spin your thread to the right are you saying spin the spool clockwise ? Nice pattern thanks for the tips

[@MrPedrofoto]

Hey Kelly. Hello from Ireland. Watched some of your videos this afternoon and they are terrific. No bull...just good info and buckets of common sense approach. Decided to tie up some of those nymphs for use this Spring here in the Emerald Isle. Really like the effect with the pearlescent gills running down along the side of the nymph. Nice touch. Also, the peacock Ice dubbing is the best stuff to replace the real herl. Will let you know how the fly fishes. Lastly, I want to send you a few personal patterns of my own that work so well here in Europe. Is there an address to reach you? Would love your feedback on these patterns of mine. Sláinte. Peter Dunne.

[@rodbarford6472]

This is a real 'fishing' fly, quick to tie and who cares if it gets a chomping from the trout or your pliers, I'll have another half dozen in my box. So many featured on videos and Facebook nowadays are amazing and beautiful but impractical to actually fish. Some are so realistic I would break down and cry if I twanged it off on streamside brush on the first cast! Amazing talents out there in the 'realistic' tying sector, but flies are meant to be fished to fish, not fishermen. This is a fisherman's fly, and a dang good one at that.

[@justinpeters5502]

That pattern would work very well on my home river that mimics the bwo nymphs to a exact do you sell these exact flies or similar flies online

[@erikjbrown]

i jtied a couple of these and your caddis pupa - fished both tonight on a dropper rig - same spot i fish once a week. caught 4 trout in just a few minutes. 2ea.... Your videos are like the fly fishing bible. Cant thank you enough for all the knowledge shared. I'd like to ask one question: Pheasant tail fibers and so hard to work with. Do you have any tips for working with them? They dont wrap nicely like yours - always separating - and then one will just snap off. Feel like i'm being as cautious as i can be. Maybe its the feather i'm using....just got a brittle one? (found while hiking) Thanks again

[@phoult37]

One trick Erik for keeping the wraps tight is to keep the bobbin thread close to your wrapping point and then when you start wrapping, use the thread as almost an anchor to keep the fibers together. Each wrap will push the thread forward to the right and the weight of the bobbin will help keep the p. tail fibers nice and tight.

[@erniewalker5050]

nice pattern Kelly. man is that nice! hey where can get those glasses? thanks.

[@TheSlideinn]

+Ernie Walker Glad you enjoyed it. The glasses of which you speak are Clic Readers and you can find them on our online store at this address: www.slideinn.com/store/accessories/clic-readers/

[@bnsdds]

What about using white/pearl UV dub for the "enhancer" (I don't have laser dub)? Also, when you say you use it on most of your nymphs, even non specific patterns like prince nymphs? thanks.

[@TheSlideinn]

+bean9 I actually use UV pearl ice dub most of the time on mine, I used Laser because it showed up better, after i saw the video I realized it was catching the light so much it looks twice as big as it should. I use about 15 strands of UV pearl. Kelly

[@wallo102]

Hello Kelly Again top. Nice to see you to tie on video What't the hell is this little hawaiin doll on your desk. Regards from Switzerland

[@joshyoung1623]

Would it be a good use of uv material to represent the 'gas bubble' on the back of a rising nymph?

[@josephnewman1545]

Sacrilege I know, but in the olden days I used a small piece of Saran Wrap to encase the wing. Had to blow out the water every few casts to maintain the bubble. ;-)

[@paulcleverley2158]

Yea, #20 wide gape dry fly hooks for small nymphs helps set the hook.

[@aboutme473]

Hello, you say you use the UV stuff in your hares ear patterns. Which part are you referring to? Is it in ur tutorial ? Thanks

[@TheSlideinn]

+Kyle McGraw I put it in the same spot as the baetis, under the wing case. KG

[@southbeau3531]

The Trouto Cartel has struck again. Givin away those trade secrets boy will make ya barefooted , broke and divorced. Good job, a real winner. You do good work Grasshopper.

[@kellygalloup6073]

+A Montana Hell A, thats already happened

[@southbeau3531]

I'm on #9 myself

[@billmalec]

5x and 4x is huge. We mostly use 6 and 7!

[@bnsdds]

Can you do your PMD pattern?

[@fliesandties6638]

what type of bobbin are you using? I would like to get one like that.

[@TheSlideinn]

+Flies and Ties It is a Renzetti Ruby tip, we sell them on line, thanks. Kelly

[@keithkijowski8077]

you didn't say" I hope that helps you out" at the end

[@dano956]

Tried this on New Brunswick brook trout, They loved it!

[@User-es2yz]

Danny Roy hey, a fellow NBer! What waters do you fish?

[@dano956]

Devon Bustard hi, I mostly fish in the Burtts Corner area, mainly the Keswick river

[@User-es2yz]

Danny Roy not so far away! I fish from Woodstock down to McAdam way

[@kenmartin1211]

TheSlideinn Kelly your 100% on that peacock herl has really gotten to be garbage. I just found a site from Ireland that advertised 14'' long bundles of natural peacock herl. When I received it I was very happy..My next thought was why the hell can't we get good peacock herl like this on this side of the pond.. Must say I am happy with this herl and it is strong enough to strip for herl bodies. Thanks

[@termite122]

no doubt the trout are taking that as a drowned spinner or even a dun..we fish alot of drowned or sunken spinners here in the northeast with tremendous success,,,especially during hatch or spinnerfall..i found this out by mistake one afternoon with a cornuda hatch..they would not touch a fly on the surface but a tiny no. 7 split shot above a spinner was almost like cheating it was so productive..nice fly

[@TheSlideinn]

+termite122 suppose they could be sunk spinners, but in reality it there is almost no wing in there, I know it looks like a lot but it is the lights picking the up light and making it look way bigger than it is, much like a spinner wing, if you tie one make sparse I would say 1/4 the size of a spinner wing. KG

[@mikem1925]

Great pattern but I prefer Kelly with a mullet

[@ugsisr]

Kelly, It is basic math...These nymphs are tiny so they get ripped out from under a rock at mach speed. So why weight a nymph to make it look different.. Weight your cast not your nymph..Thanks ...

[@billzavitz3453]

great fly, but way too much talking. 17:30 video for what you admit is a 2 minute tie. 5-6 minute should be the max. Can't stand to watch for this long.

[@TheSlideinn]

simple solution, just turn it off

[@bnsdds]

In my opinion Bill is missing all the "meat" in the video. I love Kelly's videos because he teaches so much more than just a fly recipe. The insight on materials, techniques, etc. is valuable to some of us. I have only been tying for 20 years, so I learn a lot from him. I've watched this same video multiple times (his video on the butch caddis is another excellent video for those looking for "meat") and come away with something almost every time I watch it.

[@phoult37]

Start watching in 1.5 or 2X speed

[@commoncorysense1809]

Bill, your unsolicited negativity is one of the reasons you will most likely be a Tie by The Numbers hack for life

[@imaxfli]

Hate those hooks.......gotta trim that nose hair.

[@jimjobes5187]

I swear all he likes to do is hear himself talk

[@commoncorysense1809]

I swear, all people like you are the same. Complain about a free resource that nobody forced you to watch. I also swear, people like you comment with negativity out desperation and as cry for attention. Stick to putting store bought s in your box and tell people how you tie