Fishing The Fly Scotland
Index => Fly Tying => Topic started by: Mike Barrio on 25/02/2010 at 22:48
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Something I saw on another forum and I've done my best to recreate it.
Dressing: Size 10 VMC gold low water double
Thread: glo brite no4, and red silk
Underbody: globrite floss no 4
Overbody: Pearl Mylar braid
Dubbing:Pearly Glister dubbing
Hackle: blue cock hackle, guinea fowl hackle
Head: red nail varnish
Put down a body of globrite no 4 floss
(http://i50.tinypic.com/121twer.jpg)
Slip the pearly mylar over the hook so that there is enough for a wee tail and double the length of the hook body
(http://i46.tinypic.com/1zmov14.jpg)
Tie down the mylar at the rear of the hook with the globrite floss.
(http://i45.tinypic.com/2utqoea.jpg)
(http://i45.tinypic.com/25a3tzo.jpg)
Tie it down at the front of the hook too, give it two coats of varnish and leave it to dry. Fray out the ends of the mylar with a dubbing needle. Then catch in some red silk.
(http://i48.tinypic.com/30voi0m.jpg)
Make a ball of pearly glyster dubbing just behind where the mylar was tied in. Tie off the thread and cut it.
(http://i45.tinypic.com/15expnc.jpg)
Fray out the ends of the mylar with a dubbing needle
(http://i50.tinypic.com/2lvbcyf.jpg)
Fold back the mylar and then tie down the mylar with your red silk.
(http://i45.tinypic.com/qx08p5.jpg)
Catch in a blud cock hackle and give it three turns (less if you prefer)
(http://i48.tinypic.com/2643r5x.jpg)
Catch in a guineafowl hackle and give it another three turns, make a nice neat head, give it a coat of clear varnish, a coat of red varnish and then two coats of clear. Et Voila!
(http://i49.tinypic.com/xd5eeb.jpg)
(http://i46.tinypic.com/2e23zup.jpg)
I'm looking forward to using these in the summer time.
Cheers
Matt