Fulling Mill Tungsten Pheasant Tail Hot Spot - Barbless Jig

Rides point up, so it goes where you would not risk a normal nymph

The jig hook is the whole point. A slotted tungsten bead flips the hook so it rides point up, which means it can be bounced along gravel and through the rocky seams where fish sit without collecting the bottom every third drift. Put that under the most reliable nymph dressing there is, with a copper hot spot at the head, and you have a fly you can fish confidently in water you would otherwise avoid. A natural first choice on the point of a tight-line rig.