Lesson 2
    RED FOX SQUIRREL 
 
Hook: Tiemco TMC 5262 size 4-16 
Thread: Black 6/o 
Tail: Hair from squirrel back 
Rib: Gold tinsel 
Abdomen: Red fox squirrel belly with antron 

Thorax: Squirrel back with antron picked out. 

OPTIONS
 
This fly can be tied with a soft hackle collar in larger sizes. The fly can also be tied with a bead head for added weight and gold or copper wire can be used for the rib. 
 
 GOALS
 
1. Learn to use the pinch method for tying in material. 
2. Learn proportions for larger bugs. 
3. Continue developing  your dubbing skills.		        The Red Fox Squirrel Nymph adds a tremendous fish catching fly to your arsenal while furthering  your fly tying skills.  It’s not only  another great fish catching fly, but it is an effective imitation of the Golden Stone fly.  It also represents general impressions of caddis and may flies when tied in different sizes.  A good reason to tie any stone fly imitation: streams rich in stone fly populations usually contain very large trout.  
     The stone fly is found in the fast water sections of trout streams, the same as caddis.  The Golden Stone is a larger insect, and it takes a year or two for it to grow to it’s adult stage. Trout see this fly all year long in different sizes.  It lives near rocks and the gravel bottom of the stream.  The larger size of the nymph makes it a favored morsel for trout!  Fishing it in the same place you find caddis flies gives this fly great versatility because it doubles as a stone fly or caddis imitation. 
     This fly extends what you previously learned with the Caddis Larva.  Now you’ll learn to attach a tail and use tensile for ribbing, and continue to use the same proportions learned on the Caddis Larva.  By simply substituting