Diawl Bach

The Diawl Bach ("little devil" in Welsh) is a Welsh nymph pattern that emerged in the 1930s around the reservoirs of mid and south Wales. No single inventor can be credibly named - slim, peacock-bodied nymphs with a hen-hackle throat had been tied there for years before the name caught on.

The slim peacock-herl body throws off a bronze-green iridescence underwater that synthetic material still hasn't quite matched - a profile slim enough to pass for a midge pupa or a small nymph. Tied barbless, it's fished loch-style on Welsh reservoirs and stillwaters and remains one of the most popular patterns for rainbow and brown trout.

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