Fishing The Fly Scotland

Index => Fly Tying => Topic started by: Jeff Donovan on 18/02/2019 at 22:56

Title: Hawthorn.
Post by: Jeff Donovan on 18/02/2019 at 22:56

Not due for a couple of months yet but well worth having ready.

(https://i.imgur.com/U6lbmkU.jpg)

Title: Re: Hawthorn.
Post by: Dave Medlyn on 27/02/2019 at 11:54

Is that a sort of wally wing going on there?? Never tried them. They look complicated.. I’m not one for complicated!!

Title: Re: Hawthorn.
Post by: Jeff Donovan on 28/02/2019 at 00:01

It is a wally wing Dave, I always thought that they looked difficult to achieve, after a couple of goes, they are really not that difficult. A case of tying in the hackle at a desired point near the base with a couple of loose turns, drawing the feather backwards & then tightening the thread when you are satisfied. Trim as necessary.