<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[SwittersB &amp; Exploring]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://swittersb.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[SwittersB &#38; Exploring]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://swittersb.com/author/swittersb/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Fly Tying: Bird&#8217;s Nest&nbsp;Nymph]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
<div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_16683" style="width: 665px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a rel="attachment wp-att-16683" href="https://swittersb.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/fly-tying-birds-nest-nymph/bird-brown-sz-14x/"><img loading="lazy" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-16683" data-attachment-id="16683" data-permalink="https://swittersb.com/2010/11/21/fly-tying-birds-nest-nymph/bird-brown-sz-14x/" data-orig-file="https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/bird-brown-sz-14x.jpg" data-orig-size="3142,1685" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1290365909&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.076923076923077&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="Bird Brown Sz 14x" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Birds Nest, Brown, Size 14 (SwittersB)&lt;/p&gt;
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<div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_16684" style="width: 665px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a rel="attachment wp-att-16684" href="https://swittersb.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/fly-tying-birds-nest-nymph/bird-tan-sz-12x/"><img loading="lazy" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-16684" data-attachment-id="16684" data-permalink="https://swittersb.com/2010/11/21/fly-tying-birds-nest-nymph/bird-tan-sz-12x/" data-orig-file="https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/bird-tan-sz-12x.jpg" data-orig-size="3002,1561" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1290365970&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="Bird Tan Sz 10x" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Bird&#8217;s Nest, Tan, Size 10 (SwittersB) &lt;/p&gt;
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<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>The <a href="http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw2/011501fotw.php" target="_blank">Cal Bird&#8217;s Nest Nymph</a> is a pattern tied in a variety of sizes, colors and <a href="http://singlebarbed.com/2009/12/28/cal-birds-modified-distribution-wrap-for-monty-montana/" target="_blank">variations</a> and fished for multiple species. Found these in a box I used as demo for fly tying classes I taught to demonstrate the variations of one pattern. Tails a bit scrunched from confinement.</strong></p>
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