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Roza's Green Tag Jig
Roza's Green Tag Jig is a jig nymph designed by Lubos Roza in competition fishing and sold by Fulling Mill. The chartreuse floss tag gives the look of a caddis, which makes it useful in summer and late summer, and it also works year round as a general attractor. A black thread body with a silver wire rib, a medium dun CDC collar and a peacock black head finish it. It gives fish a bright green hot spot where pink, orange and red are the usual choices on Euro flies. Tied here on a size 16 hook.
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Materials
Fulling Mill 5045 Jig Force Barbless hook, size 16
16
Clear UV resin, for coating the body
TroutHunter Premium CDC, medium dun (or Nature's Spirit CDC)
Medium Dun
Ice Dub, peacock black
Peacock Black
How to Tie the Roza's Green Tag Jig
- 1
Step 1
Slide the silver bead onto the jig hook, seat it behind the eye, and mount the hook in the vise.
- 2
Step 2
Start the black thread behind the bead and wrap a slim thread base back to the bend. Trim the tag end.
- 3
Step 3
Double a length of chartreuse floss into a loop and tie it in at the bend.
- 4
Step 4
Trim the floss to a short tag at the end of the body.
- 5
Step 5
Tie in the silver wire at the bend.
- 6
Step 6
Wrap the thread forward to the bead in smooth turns to form a slim black body.
- 7
Step 7
Wrap the wire forward in open turns. Tie it off behind the bead and trim the excess.
- 8
Step 8
Coat the body with a thin layer of clear UV resin and cure it with a UV light.
- 9
Step 9
Clamp a bunch of medium dun CDC fibers in a hair clip or CDC clamp and trim the butts.
- 10
Step 10
Set the CDC in a thread loop behind the bead and spin the loop into a rope.
- 11
Step 11
Wrap the rope as a short collar, stroking the fibers back as you go. Tie it off and trim the excess.
- 12
Step 12
Dub a little peacock black Ice Dub onto the thread and wrap a small head between the collar and the bead.
- 13
Step 13
Whip finish behind the bead and trim the thread.
Watch Tying Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ-ALUpGB_o
Credit: Lubos Roza / Fly Fish Food