Supernova PMD 01/01/2025 Photo Album

My post of 12/12/2023 provides a brief description of my usage of the Supernova PMD. As stated in that post, I stopped tying pheasant tail nymphs and replaced them with salvation nymphs and the supernova PMD nymph. The supernova nymph is much easier to tie than the pheasant tail, which uses fragile pheasant tail fibers for the tail, abdomen and wing case. In spite of my desired abandonment of the pheasant tail,

Freshly Minted Supernova PMD

I resorted to them quite often in 2024, and consequently I did not deplete my supply of the supernova to any significant degree. Nevertheless, I tied five additional imitations to add to my inventory along with refurbishing one pheasant tail nymph that was unravelling. For two of my new ties, I modified the Juan Ramirez recipe. I replaced the thread abdomen with a fine light gray dubbing, and I added a flashback black over-wing that ran over the top of the abdomen and extended as a wing case. I like the look of these quite a bit.

Variant with Gray Body and Flashback Black Wing Case

Below is a table with the materials recipe provided by Juan Ramirez:

Batch of Six Including Refurbished Beadhead Pheasant Tail Nymph

Below is my adaptation of the Ramirez pattern.