Guide
IllustrationSilver Corixa
Nymph#12–16silver / brownBest: Aug–Nov
When to use
Fished the same way as the plain Corixa — weighted, close to the bottom or a weed edge, slow jerky retrieve with pauses — but reach for this one in dull light, overcast conditions or when the water carries a little colour, where the extra flash reads better than the natural pheasant-tail tones.
Imitates
Corixid water boatman (Corixidae) — a brighter variant with a full flat-silver-tinsel body, emphasising the trapped-air-bubble sheen for low light or slightly coloured water.
Team position
Point fly, fished close to the bottom or weed edge; also works singly in the margins.
Best methods
Sink & drawFigure-of-eightStatic
Dressing
- Hook
- grub or nymph hook, #12-16, with a flattened lead-wire underbody
- Thread
- white or black
- Body
- flat silver tinsel, built flat-oval over the flattened lead underbody
- Rib
- fine silver wire
- Hackle
- two short pheasant-tail-fibre or brown flex-floss legs bent out and back at the sides
- Head
- thread head
Generic/brand-neutral traditional dressing (a widely-tied 'silver corixa' style).
Pairs with
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