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Title: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Mike Barrio on 01/02/2010 at 23:27
Hi folks :cool:

Please post your February step by step fly tying competition entries in this thread  

For details about this competition, please see http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2293.0 (http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2293.0)

Best wishes
Mike Barrio
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Barry Robertson on 02/02/2010 at 18:08
Whats everyones plans for this months fly??
I will be doing the ever popular stillwater lure the Yellow dancer (my way)  :z18
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Matt Henderson on 02/02/2010 at 18:44
I'm going for a trout pattern this month but I haven't decided which one yet...

Ben_D and Goolager I expect entries this month!
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 02/02/2010 at 22:13
Is there anything anyone would like to see? :z8

As long as it's not salmon flies, i'll leave that for Matt :z16

Sandy
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Iain Goolager on 03/02/2010 at 12:43
Quote
Is there anything anyone would like to see?


Ooh er missus!

Yes;
the beginning of April
the pavements again
my feet
the back of her indoors
six numbers
retirement
my loons 7th birthday
you sending me a 10' 3wt rod FOC

shall I continue?

seriously though?  what about a nice weighted nymph pattern for bugging the Don

Iain
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Matt Henderson on 03/02/2010 at 13:40

the back of her indoors


is that significantly better than the front of her indoors?  :z4 :z7 :z4
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 05/02/2010 at 02:30

seriously though?  what about a nice weighted nymph pattern for bugging the Don


What a good idea, haven't made any proper flies for a while.

This is my favourite pattern for bugging, I tie them with white or chartreuse for the body, would use cream too if i had any :wink

Hook: TMC 206 BL size 10
Thread: 12/0 black or olive
Body: Chartreuse micro straggle fritz
Head: 2 x 2.8mm black tungsten beads
Legs: Starling upper wing ,lesser covert feather.

Step 1. Put one bead on hook and place hook in vice.

(http://i50.tinypic.com/2rg0qza.jpg)

Step 2. Take feather from wing, one like this with pale coloured tips and nice shiny body.

(http://i48.tinypic.com/35co6sj.jpg)

Step 3. Take approx 6-7 fibres (from towards the tip of the feather) and tie in pointing towards the hook point.

(http://i45.tinypic.com/2ytqhj6.jpg)

Step 4. Trim the butts and make a few turns and whip with 3 turns to finish, cut thread.

(http://i49.tinypic.com/10ia0ao.jpg)

Step 5. Remove hook, fit second bead and place hook back into vice.

(http://i45.tinypic.com/2w2e7ug.jpg)

Step 6. Push bead right up close to the first bead so the thread is compressed and the fibres point forward over the first bead. Tie in thread again hard against the back of the bead to keep it in place.

(http://i50.tinypic.com/rsao8n.jpg)

Step 7. Take another 6-7 fibres from the starling feather, this time from further down the feather so they are slightly longer and tie them in pointing forwards, the tips should sit in a nice line between the first set of legs and the point of the hook.

(http://i45.tinypic.com/2624d2x.jpg)

Step 8. Cut butts and tie down around the bend of the hook.

(http://i47.tinypic.com/j6o2v9.jpg)

Step 9. Take a length of micro fritz and tie in. Take thread back up to behind the second bead.

(http://i45.tinypic.com/6nwfpx.jpg)

Step 10. Wind micro fritz up the shank in touching turns stroking the fibres each turn to point backwards so none get trapped and tie down at back of bead.

(http://i47.tinypic.com/fejsdw.jpg)

Step 11. Form a neat head at back of bead (3-4 turns whip) and varnish here and between the two beads.

(http://i48.tinypic.com/301emc5.jpg)

Step 12. Optional. I like to take my scissors and trim the back of the fly so it looks more like dubbing, leaving the legs underneath.

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh7/skuesapprentice/step14.jpg)

Finished fly the way i like, you could leave it as it was in step 11 if you like, but i prefer it this way.

(http://i47.tinypic.com/24yxzqr.jpg)

Fish it as the dropper fly about 10-12 inches above an unweighted nymph and use it Czech nymph style, to search out the water. The Don is full of Rhyac's and Hydro's so this fly in Chartreuse and cream is very effective. If the water is coloured then you could tie some up with gold or silver or orange beads too, its only limited by your imagination.

Another good colour combo for this pattern involves a Gold bead ,an Orange bead and black fritz. Had some really nice fish on that one :wink But i do prefer the more imitative paterns and the rhyac's in the river really are chartreuse :z16

Sandy
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Matt Henderson on 05/02/2010 at 07:32
excellent fly that, its gone on the to do list like Iain Klinkhammer. 

Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Ben Dixon on 05/02/2010 at 09:19
I like that Sandy, very simple tie too.

Matt What is the "Iain" Klinkhamer?

Cheers

Ben
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 05/02/2010 at 10:43
I like that Sandy, very simple tie too.

Cheers

Ben


thanks ben :z18 I like simple , especially for flies you can easily loose
means I can tie more :z4 plus they seem to be more effective. Perhaps I just fish them harder
and in more tricky places as you are not so bothered if they get off :z8
who knows , but it's an interesting thought :z7

sandy
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Matt Henderson on 05/02/2010 at 14:56
Matt What is the "Iain" Klinkhamer?

Cheers

Ben


Ben it was meant to say Iain's Klinkhamer but I missed out the apostrophe s. It was his entry to the December step by step.
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Irvine Ross on 05/02/2010 at 16:05
Nice one Sandy :z16

Have you tried reversing the second bead so it sits closer to the first? Or does that mean it's liable to slice off the front set of legs?

Irvine
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Ben Dixon on 05/02/2010 at 17:09
Sandy,

Does the fly fish upside down?  Two W beads on the front of a B110 usually has that effect, something I like when tying heavy stuff as I loose less flies.  What hook is that tied on?

Cheers

Ben
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Iain Goolager on 05/02/2010 at 19:41
Nice one Sandy  :z16

I feel a tinkering coming on.
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Paul Rankine on 05/02/2010 at 21:28
Hi All,
          That's a great wee quick and functional Ryhac  larva imitation Sandy , thanks for that .

As Sandy says there are LOTS of Rhyacs in the Don . Just as many Hydropsyche too though .  :z4

So well worth having a good imitation . They are bright green underneath  so the chartreuse is  a good trigger point.

There are some big larvae in the river and I tie mine on a size 14 or even a 12 Kinkhammer hook and I tie it right round the bend . Also colour the dorsal surface brown or  dark olive.

I think also that Ben is correct and Sandy's pattern would fish hook uppermost . That being the case I would bend the hookshank just before I tie in the eyes. Personal preference perhaps.

I have also tried some green beaded Rhyac patterns which use black UV micro fritz (so much for exact imitation !)  tied over black tungsten bead(s) as the thorax with Nymphskin as a thorax cover.  Again tied bendback.
Last seasons results with these were very disappointing !   :roll

Cheers , Paul.

 

Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 05/02/2010 at 23:56
The beads have a small slot on the back of them so I prefer them fitted
the same way. The legs get pushed into the groove and kick forward nicely
I got the beads in somers not sure what make they are. The chamferred ones do the same, just not quite as well.
Also the definition between the beads make it a bit more imitative in silhouette which coupled with the bright body
works for me :z16

I tied it to fish upside down and although it does get bounced about, Fundamentally it fishes point up
helps greatly with snags.

The hook is a Tiemco 206 BL in a 10, the caddis in the river work best for me on a 10 or even an 8 for this type of hook.
IMHO it doesn't need the back colouring but it's about what we each like and gives us confidence.

:z18

Sandy
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Ben Dixon on 06/02/2010 at 10:08

I tied it to fish upside down and although it does get bounced about, Fundamentally it fishes point up
helps greatly with snags.

IMHO it doesn't need the back colouring but it's about what we each like and gives us confidence.

:z18

Sandy


Am I missing something here or will it swim with its legs in the air?  :z7

Ben

Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 06/02/2010 at 11:00
Very funny :z4
as you well know the idea is for the nymph to tumble with the current
like a dislodged natural. Caddis larvae are not renowned for  their swimming abilities :roll
if the legs were on the other side then it would look like the nymph had learned yoga :z4

anyway where are your flies :z8

 :z7

sandy
 
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Ben Dixon on 06/02/2010 at 15:32
if the legs were on the other side then it would look like the nymph had learned yoga :z4

anyway where are your flies :z8

 :z7

sandy

Since when did yoga re-orientate ones legs Sandy?  :grin

My flies are top secret (I'm shit with a camera), have tied about 2 dozen tubes in the last few days:z4

Got pink bucktails coming in, should be here by Thursday.

Cheers

Ben
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Matt Henderson on 06/02/2010 at 19:54
(I'm shit with a camera),

Got pink bucktails coming in, should be here by Thursday.


You're normally spot on with your fish photos surely you can manage a fly or two.  Maybe you just need put them in the sink and take them from underwater?  :z4 :z7 :z4

Can I put my name on one of those pink bucktails?

cheers

matt
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 07/02/2010 at 00:45

My flies are top secret (I'm shit with a camera),

:roll Another one  :roll I thought it was about sharing ideas and patterns. If the pictures are crap, apologise but don't hide them :z4

Sandy

(http://i49.tinypic.com/24g8315.jpg) (http://i48.tinypic.com/2059zc4.jpg)
 
:z4 :z4 :z4 :z4




Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 07/02/2010 at 08:53

Got pink bucktails coming in, should be here by Thursday.


I'm ready , what do we do with them? :z8

(http://i47.tinypic.com/2j16gxi.jpg)
 
:z12

Sandy



Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Matt Henderson on 07/02/2010 at 08:58
Make something like this

(http://i48.tinypic.com/2lxfpdt.jpg)

or like this

(http://i45.tinypic.com/xcp2co.jpg)

Ben might have a picture of the original...
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 07/02/2010 at 10:36
Nice :z12

No tubes though :cry  This is what i think its for  :z7

(http://i47.tinypic.com/fpbi14.jpg)

Sandy
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Iain Goolager on 08/02/2010 at 23:44
Have just taken the photo's for my SBS and although they aren't great I will be posting this month. :z7

Iain
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Irvine Ross on 09/02/2010 at 20:21
The half hog

So called because it is less than half a sedgehog :wink

This is a fly designed by Norman Irvine which will hover just below the surface on a slow retrieve. It’s meant to represent a failed emerging buzzer (I think).  It is good for days when the fish are showing their dorsal fin at the surface but  refusing to take dry flies. You can also grease the wing and it will work as an emerger.

Materials

Hook : Kamasan B170 sizes 12-16
Thread and Body : black 6/0 thread or any other colour you fancy
Rib : flat pearl tinsel
Wing : deer hair
Abdomen : any dubbing you choose, I have used claret Ice Dub
Cheeks :  gold holographic flat tinsel (or any other colour you fancy)

You could also dub the body if you prefer or make it with stretch floss.

(http://i48.tinypic.com/vpfgr4.jpg)

Tie on the thread and catch in the pearl tinsel rib.

(http://i48.tinypic.com/ji255e.jpg)

Run the thread in tight touching turns all the way round the bend and back up again to the top of the thorax

(http://i50.tinypic.com/ei094o.jpg)

Clart the thread with head cement and then wind on the rib.

(http://i48.tinypic.com/5b1s3s.jpg)

Tie of the rib and clart the body with another coat of head cement. Half hitch and cut away the thread and set aside to dry while you run up another few.

(http://i48.tinypic.com/28h0e4p.jpg)

When the body is dry, tie in a short piece of flat holographic tinsel on either side.

(http://i46.tinypic.com/mshwjt.jpg)

Cut a slim bunch of deer hair (this is roe deer bur coastal deer would be fine)

(http://i48.tinypic.com/6ppxlw.jpg)

Pop them in the stacker to even the tips and then tie in the wing no longer than the body.

(http://i49.tinypic.com/2468513.jpg)

Start tying down with loose turns at the top getting tighter and you wind down. This will reduce the tendency for the hair to flare. Don’t worry too much if it does as the dubbing will bring it back under control.

(http://i47.tinypic.com/2hcqa06.jpg)

Trim of the butts of the deer hair, give a dob of head cement on the roots and tie down.

(http://i48.tinypic.com/muykuv.jpg)

Wind a slim bunch of dubbing over the butts of the deer hair stopping just behind the eye of the hook.

(http://i46.tinypic.com/25rh1lz.jpg)

Bring forward the cheeks and tie off. Clip any stray deer hairs that are out of place.
Whip finish and that is it.

(http://i49.tinypic.com/33jpwtl.jpg)



Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Iain Goolager on 09/02/2010 at 21:29
Black & Green Biot Buzzer
Materials;
Thread:       Black 8/0, Orvis
Hook:       Kamasan B110 Size 12
Head:      Black Plastic Bead,  John Lewis
Rib:      Mirage Tinsel Small
Cheeks:      Chartreuse Electric Biots, Artifly
Varnish:                S.H.  Hard as Nails

This buzzer has been a firm favourite of mine for as long as I can remember. It has also been used to good effect this Winter, fished under an indicator FLY in extreme conditions when much larger flies may have been seen as more likely to produce.
(http://i49.tinypic.com/2weyzw4.jpg)


1)   Slide bead onto hook and secure in vise. Lay on thread and apply a decent taper behind the bead to secure, cut off tag.
(http://i48.tinypic.com/55351l.jpg)   

2)   Tie in Mirage Tinsel and run it to the desired point on the bend using close wraps.
(http://i49.tinypic.com/28sskyu.jpg)

3)   Run the tying thread back up to the thorax area using either close wraps OR open wraps (wide enough for the tinsel to lie in the’ trough’ – this gives a slightly slimmer body )
(http://i48.tinypic.com/1oanpx.jpg)

4)   Wind the tinsel up the body in open wraps to give the desired segmentation.   Tie off and snip tinsel tag.
(http://i45.tinypic.com/34xp4k6.jpg)

5)   Select two biots of required width. Offer each biot up to the thorax where it’s to be tied in and trim the widest end of the biot at an angle, this should match the angle of the bead.  Note that the natural curvature of the biot when folded should marry up with the contour of the thorax. Tie in one biot, rotate the vise & then tie in the other

(http://i48.tinypic.com/wk1zxt.jpg)

6)   Run the thread down the thorax area securing the biots further. Regularly folding the nearest biot over when running the thread down the shank will give you an indication of when the thorax ‘start point’  is reached
(http://i47.tinypic.com/2v36f0n.jpg)

7)   Build up a suitable sized & shaped thorax – rugby ball is nice. No need be too precious with the smooth shape of the thorax as the varnish will hide all ills. Fold over the biots and secure at the head behind the bead. Trim the tags as close as possible
(http://i46.tinypic.com/2vnp3zd.jpg)
 
8)   Bind down any remaining biot tags & whip finish.
(http://i46.tinypic.com/2u5vtqq.jpg)

9)   Apply as many coats of ‘Hard as Nails’ as you see fit – 1 or 2 suits me.
(http://i50.tinypic.com/2567a8h.jpg)(http://i45.tinypic.com/wvtz40.jpg)
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Iain Goolager on 09/02/2010 at 21:34
Another good SBS Irvine  :z16

Iain
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Matt Henderson on 09/02/2010 at 21:39
good effort chaps.  Not sure when I'm going to get near my vice with a camera this month.  Still got a few days left to go. 
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Mike Barrio on 09/02/2010 at 22:06
Great step by steps guys :z16

Thanks for posting
Best wishes
Mike
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Irvine Ross on 10/02/2010 at 08:38
Nice one Ian

Great minds think alike. Swop your glass bead for my deer hair wing and you have almost the same pattern :z16

Irvine
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Ben Dixon on 12/02/2010 at 16:34
Pink Bucktails have arrived, have two in stock :z4

Ben
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 18/02/2010 at 01:16
Pink Bucktails have arrived, have two in stock :z4

Ben

What did the soup taste like?

Sandy
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Iain Goolager on 18/02/2010 at 10:25
I don't get it?!?

 :z4 :z4 :z4
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Irvine Ross on 18/02/2010 at 17:12
It's weel seen y've never made a pot o soup chiel. Ye canna mak gweed soup withoot stock. :z12

Saggyloops
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Alex Burnett on 18/02/2010 at 20:42
I don't get it?!?

 :z4 :z4 :z4

Apparently Sandy, it tasted a bit between Flowering Cherry  :shock & Carnation  :shock :shock ....Here he is still a bit PINK aboot the Gills :z4 :z4 :z4 :z4 :z4

Maybe Iain will get it Noo!!!

Alex
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Iain Goolager on 18/02/2010 at 21:02
Oh! it lives!
 Hello Alex..................yes I got it :-*

Where've you been hiding?

Any fishing going on or new patterns?

Iain
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Alex Burnett on 18/02/2010 at 21:18
Oh! it lives!
 Hello Alex..................yes I got it :-*

Where've you been hiding?

Any fishing going on or new patterns?

Iain

I am currently in a shipyard called Lamjana, which is near the villages of Preko & Kali, which is not far from Zadar which is in Croatia.. :z4 :z4 :z4

No new patterns yet but hoping to go fishing about the end of the Month or middle of March depending on when this project finishes, one of the locals has promised to take me :wink :wink

Alex
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 19/02/2010 at 02:41
All this talk of spiders got me going and with Iains abuse of the snipe and purple, i was thinking perhaps i'll share my variation on the Dark Watchett :z16
This is the best place for the SBS's so i thocht i'd put it here. NOT an entry mind :wink

Hook: Partridge SLD size 14
Thread: Pearsalls no.8
Hackle: The outer covert of a Coot (moorhen is too green, the original calls for jackdaw throat, if you have one :z6, coot is as close as i get)
Body: A length of Pearsalls no.6a and some natural mole hair.

Step 1. Place hook in vice.

(http://i49.tinypic.com/21brko9.jpg)

Step 2. Take wing and select an appropriate feather.

(http://i46.tinypic.com/5lcc2p.jpg)

Step 3. Remove flue from base and Check it for length, the fibres should be the length of the plain shank of the hook.

(http://i46.tinypic.com/5xpz5e.jpg)

Step 4. Start thread 1 turn back from eye and make approx 3-4 turns. Trim the tag end.

(http://i48.tinypic.com/1ku2g.jpg)

Step 5. Take the feather and stroke back the fibres and tie in the feather by the tip, again 3-4 turns and trim the tip.

(http://i48.tinypic.com/2zdujgg.jpg)

Step 6. Tie in length of orange silk (6a) and wrap back to inline with the point of the hook.

(http://i49.tinypic.com/oucc51.jpg)

Step 7. Twist the orange and purple silk together, so it is nicely varigated.

(http://i46.tinypic.com/mru3hv.jpg)

Step 8. Lightly apply a nice sticky wax, to the twisted section.

(http://i45.tinypic.com/2d1occz.jpg)

Step 9. Take a small pinch of mole hair.

(http://i49.tinypic.com/4junbc.jpg)

Step 10. Lightly touch the waxed thread with the mole fur , keep it very sparse but even.

(http://i48.tinypic.com/2rhaik0.jpg)

Step 11. Wind the dubbed thread up to about 3 turns of thread before the hackle. And trim the loose end of orange silk. You should get a nice mix of the purple and the orange showing through the mole.

(http://i49.tinypic.com/30iujki.jpg)

Step 12. Make 2 turns of the hackle from the front, back towards the thread and tie in the hackle.

(http://i47.tinypic.com/1zocad3.jpg)

Step 13. Make two turns of thread to secure and remove the rest of the hackle stalk.

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh7/skuesapprentice/step14-1.jpg)

Step 14. Wind thread thread through the hackle carefully, stroking the fibres so none get trapped or folded backwards.

(http://i50.tinypic.com/2w31ee0.jpg)

Step 15. Gently hold the fibres back from the eye and bring the thread forward to the head area, don't tie the fibres down, just bring the thread forward.

(http://i48.tinypic.com/15d283n.jpg)

Step 16. Form a neat head with 3 or 4 turns of thread and then a small whip finish. Stroke the fibres forward so they are perpendicular to the hook then varnish the head carefully with a drop on the tip of a needle so it soaks into the the thread and doesn't wick up the fibres of the hackle.

(http://i50.tinypic.com/2rg020k.jpg)


There you have it the finished Dark Watchett, one of my personal favourites for the Don in spring and autumn. Its best as a middle dropper fly.

(http://i46.tinypic.com/242g6ch.jpg)

Sandy

ps. The original Dark Watchett has the silk the other way round, with the main thread being Orange and the purple is used only for the body. I fancy this as an olive imitation rather than the iron blue, but thats personal preference. Thanks for reminding me Irvine :z16

(http://i47.tinypic.com/2ahhztl.jpg)

Tell you what though, this bloody camera doesn't half show up the flaws in what look like perfect little flies :shock





Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Iain Goolager on 19/02/2010 at 09:23
 
Quote
with Iains abuse of the snipe and purple

wasn't abuse Sandy just can't seem to hook anything on it :z8
This Dark Watchett better work! :z7


stand easy

Iain
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Irvine Ross on 19/02/2010 at 10:17
Sandy

Lovely tying and excellent photography as usual.

I tied a few this winter and followed the dressing in Edmunds & Lee which uses the orange silk for the head. Is the purple head a Don speciality? and, more important will the Don trout like my orange headed ones :z8

We will find out this summer :z16

Irvine
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 19/02/2010 at 12:25

I tied a few this winter and followed the dressing in Edmunds & Lee which uses the orange silk for the head. Is the purple head a Don speciality? and, more important will the Don trout like my orange headed ones :z8

We will find out this summer :z16


Irvine

Its a personal preference, for iron blues i like it tied this way, with the orange head it strikes me as more of an olive.
I'd use it spring and autumn in purple, perhaps in orange for the summer :z16
I'd reckon the Trout will love the orange head just as much. Variety is the spice of life.

Sandy
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Matt Henderson on 19/02/2010 at 14:02
A wee parachute off the vice this afternoon whilst I was watching the snow fall outside.

Hook a  12 to 16 ( I used a size twelve so that it was easier to see!)
Thread: orange
Body: black rabbits fur
Rib: pearly tinsel (i unwrapped some pearl mylar braid because I didn't like the pearl tinsel i had)
"Wing" eutral coloured CDC
thorax: red or orange antron dubbing

Place the hook in the vice

(http://i48.tinypic.com/2aerzbp.jpg)

Catch in the thread and work it down to just past the bend

(http://i48.tinypic.com/mj96qs.jpg)

Catch in the pearl tinsel

(http://i47.tinypic.com/166ahc8.jpg)

Dub on the black body

(http://i47.tinypic.com/eqxu1g.jpg)

Rib the body with the pearl tinsel and trim off the excess

(http://i48.tinypic.com/t9v3er.jpg)

Select about three CDC feathers with fibres the same length as the body of the hook

(http://i50.tinypic.com/2d14px2.jpg)

Tie in the feathers so that the tips extend past the eye of the hook by about the same length as the black dubbed section

(http://i47.tinypic.com/1yrdch.jpg)

Dub on the thorax and whip off the thread and snip off the end.  I normally lift up the CDC and whip finish underneath it and put on the tiniest spot of varnish or zap a gap but be careful not to get it anywhere near the CDC!

(http://i45.tinypic.com/2uiyg5f.jpg)

And here's one I made earlier with a red thorax

(http://i47.tinypic.com/2cyoas.jpg)

Cheers

Matt
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Irvine Ross on 19/02/2010 at 17:34
Nice one Matt

Pearl rib on black body seems to be a common theme for February.

cheers

Irvine
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 19/02/2010 at 22:27
Matt

Nice fly.
I'm interested, what type of rabbit hair did you use? and how easy was it to dub?.
Looking at the picture it has real texture like seals fur, the rabbit i have is very soft and dubs very tight.
Different dubbings are always interesting to see how they pick up the light and what properties they have in the water.
 :cool:

Sandy
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Matt Henderson on 19/02/2010 at 22:51
Sandy I'll have to confess that it's antron but it should be rabbit.

However to cover my shame Ben_D still hasn't entered!
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 19/02/2010 at 23:02
Matt

That expalins that, but i'm disappointed, i thought you had found some new cool dubbing material :cry.

As For Ben, i don't think he could take the Heat :z4 :z4 :z4

Sandy
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 20/02/2010 at 11:18
I've amended the original post to show the original orange headed version that irvine mentions :z16

Sandy
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Barry Robertson on 20/02/2010 at 14:59
Nice fly sandy, i particulary like the way you use 2 pieces of thread for the nice ribb effect  :z16
Thanks  :z18
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 20/02/2010 at 15:44
Baz

the pattern is a classic by T. E. Pritt from his book north country flies
first published in 1885.
No such thing as new ideas :z4

sandy
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Barry Robertson on 20/02/2010 at 15:50
I here what your saying but us cooncil brought up lads dont read books, we just fish!
Its new to me and happy you shared it  :z4  :z18
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Alex Burnett on 23/02/2010 at 06:57
Okay here goes, "Olive Alex" SBS coming up, you'll have to excuse the camera work, not easy with the basics in an Apartment in Croatia.

Olive Alex

Probably accounted for more fish between Kenny & Myself at Haddo that any other fly.


Materials

Hook : Kamasan B170 sizes 10-14
Thread: Red 6/0 thread
Tail: Dark Olive Marabou
Under Body : Red sparkle
Hackle : Chartreuse Grizzle Cock Hackle


(http://i45.tinypic.com/14xz1o4.jpg)
Step 1. Slide on a Gold Head put the hook in the vice & create a collar using red thread & apply small amount of varnish.

(http://i47.tinypic.com/2ihns5y.jpg)
Step 2. Tie in thread in touching turns until inline with point of hook & tie in Olive Marabou

(http://i46.tinypic.com/2s1q2py.jpg)
Step 4. Tie in Red Sparkle for underbody

(http://i48.tinypic.com/2r241tj.jpg)
Step 5. Take a nice long hackle from a good quality Grizzle saddle take off flue & tie in.
Then wrap thread back up in touching turns until you reach the back of the collar you created earlier.

(http://i46.tinypic.com/10yghz7.jpg)
Step 6. Wrap Red Sparkle in touching turns towards collar, catch in with tying tread & trim off.

(http://i50.tinypic.com/3038piv.jpg)
Step 7. Now take your Hackle & in close turns completely hackle the area from the base of the Marabou tail up to the back edge of the collar, tie in & trim off. 

(http://i50.tinypic.com/2qx2vrc.jpg)
Step 8. Whip finish, or as I do 3 over hand knots & apply Sally Hansen’s Hard As Nails

(http://i47.tinypic.com/2qsmb9f.jpg)
Step 9. Trim Marabou tail to suit your required length. Then with a scissors trim the hackle so it is the same diameter all the way along the body.

Alex
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Mike Barrio on 23/02/2010 at 09:35
Alex & Matt ............ thanks for the great step by steps :z16

I can vouch for Alex's fly, my trout are certainly attracted to it :z4

Best wishes
Mike
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Mike Barrio on 04/03/2010 at 01:12
Hi folks
Thanks once again for some excellent "step by steps" ....... Great stuff :z16

I have chosen a winner from the February entries :z3  

The winner for February is ......... Irvine "Hares Lug" for his Half Hog :cool:
Well done Irvine! Please drop me a PM when you get a chance and let me know which prize you would like :wink

Not long now till the Brownie season opens, so we have time for the last of this winter's entries. I've started a new thread for March and I'm really looking forward to seeing what everybody comes up with! :wink  

Thanks once again
Best wishes
Mike
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Sandy Nelson on 04/03/2010 at 13:25
Well done Irvine :z18

Mucho deserved :z3

Sandy
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Matt Henderson on 04/03/2010 at 14:15
well done Irvine
Title: Re: February "step by step" fly tying competition entries
Post by: Iain Goolager on 04/03/2010 at 20:06
Congrat's Irvine
 :z16

Iain