[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"learn-glossary-frenchie":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"aliases":6,"body":9,"category":26,"definitionShort":27,"description":15,"disciplineTags":28,"extension":29,"meta":30,"navigation":31,"path":32,"relatedCards":33,"relatedTerms":36,"seo":41,"sourceRef":42,"stem":43,"term":5,"__hash__":44},"learn_glossary\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary\u002Ffrenchie.md","Frenchie",[7,8],"french nymph","frenchie nymph",{"type":10,"value":11,"toc":22},"minimark",[12,16,19],[13,14,15],"p",{},"The Frenchie is what happens when a French Euro-nymphing competitor decided a regular pheasant-tail needed more aggression. Same slim silhouette and pheasant-tail body, but with a thread \"hot collar\" of fluorescent pink or chartreuse just behind the bead — a tiny attractor patch the fish lock onto in fast, broken water.",[13,17,18],{},"Sized 12-18 with a 3.0-4.0mm tungsten bead. The bead does the sinking work; the slim body cuts down through the column instead of pushing water like a fluffy nymph.",[13,20,21],{},"Fish it on the point or as a heavy dropper on a Euro rig. Hot pink is the universal collar color; chartreuse for stained water; orange for early-spring sucker-spawn windows.",{"title":23,"searchDepth":24,"depth":24,"links":25},"",2,[],"fly","A high-attractor pheasant-tail variant with a hot-pink or chartreuse collar, slim profile, and tungsten bead. The go-to Euro-nymph \"junk\" fly — the bright collar triggers reaction strikes in fast water.",[26],"md",{},true,"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary\u002Ffrenchie",[34,35],"euro-nymphing-101","dry-dropper-for-pocket-water",[37,38,39,40],"nymph","dead-drift","pheasant-tail","tippet",{"description":15},null,"learn\u002Fglossary\u002Ffrenchie","G167g9D0zESiWVPassKgE9EnkmQsnrH7ib5l68NGJ7s"]