[Mike Barrio]

Hi folks
Please post your December entries in this thread

Best wishes
Mike

[Sandy Nelson]

I'll kick this month off with a simplified version of my CDC spiders.
I've been playing to try and eliminate the dubbing loop, yet retain the strength.
With a strong view to the past and Mr Stewart, it was pretty obvious.

Here goes, Waterhen Bloa, CDC style

Hook: Partridge SLD 14
Thread: Pearsalls no.5
Hackle: 2 Blue Dun CDC feathers
Dubbing: Muskrat.

Step 1:  place hook in vice



Step 2: Wind on a few turns of thread a bit back from the eye.



Step 3: Tie in 2 CDC feathers by the tips, try to select ones with fibres just slightly longer than the length of the hook.



Step 4: Wind thread down to level with point of hook and wax the thread.



Step 5: Lightly dub with muskrat, a gentle dusting is good.



Step 6: wind dubbing up to where hackle points are tied in, and attach hackle pliers to hackles.



Step 7: Wind hackles for 3 turns, stroking the hackles backwards each turn



Step 8: Wind the thread through the hackle taking care not to trap any fibres. 4 or 5 turns is good.



Step 9: stroke the hackles backwards and whip finish, carefully apply head finish and leave to dry.



Step 10: The finished fly with the fibres stroked forwards again after the head finish dries.




The same technique can be applied to all traditional and non-traditional spiders. For a simple fly try a Snipe and purple.

This one uses Pearsalls no.11 and natural grey CDC feathers.

Step 1: Hook in vice and start thread, leaving the gap sets the distance for the hackle to cover nicely.



Step 2: Tie in the hackles by the tips and wind thread down to point and back again.



Step 3: 3 turns of hackle, stroking each turn backwards.



Step 4: Wind the thread through the hackle, careful not to trap any fibres.



Step 5: Tie off as before and finish.




Another really good traditional that would lend itself to this would be the Partridge and orange, it would make into a fantastic spent spinner, well worth playing with combinations of thread and hackle colours to get good matches for a hatch.

Cheers

Sandy






 

[Mike Barrio]

Nice flies Sandy ....... I really like the look of those!

A great start to the December entries.
Best wishes
Mike

[Iain Goolager]

Nice start indeed 

[jpm75]

So here it goes, this is my attempt at the December entry.

Goat's Toe Trout Fly

Materials:
Hook - Kamasan B175 size 12-10
Tail and Rib - Red wool 4-5" long
Body - 3 strands of peacock hurl (dyed black or natural)
Hackle - Peacock blue neck feather
Thread - Black




Step 1 - Secure hook in vice



Step 2 - Tie on thread and continue down shank half way between point and barb.



Step 3 - Tie in red wool, leaving approximately 5-6mm for length of tail.



Step 4 - Wind thread back to the eye, stopping 3mm from the eye.  Trim wool and tidy up.



Step 5 - Take a single strand from the remaining wool and catch it in.  Wind back to the tail.



Step 6 - Catch in 3 strands of peacock hurl by the tips.  Wind your thread back, stopping 3mm from the eye.



Step 7 (Optional) - Apply thin layer of varnish or superglue to body for strength.



Step 8 - Carefully twist hurl anti-clockwise and wind on in touching turns until you reach the thread.  Secure hurls, trim and tidy up.



Step 9 - Twist rib clockwise to tighten.  Wind on in even spaced turns to form the rib, trim and tidy up.



Step 10 - Stroke the fibres back and catch in the peacock feather by the tip.  Remove waste end.  



Step 11 - With all fibres stroked back towards the tail of the fly, wind on 2-3 turns always keeping fibres stroked back.  Secure hackle, remove stalk.  



Step 12 - Build a neat head and whip finish.  Apply 2 coats of varnish to head.  Tease out fibres in tail.



Voila!

[Mike Barrio]

Great stuff John

An excellent SBS ...... thanks for posting!

Best wishes
Mike

[Iain Goolager]

Nice one John 

How did you find doing the SBS?

Iain

[jpm75]

Took a while to figure out, but got it with a little help with from mrs jpm.

[Jim Eddie]

Well done john . nice fly 

 

Jim

[jpm75]

Yeah thanks. Its a good fly on the Irish loughs I've had quite a bit of success with it.
  john

[Barry Robertson]

A few good step by steps to start off the december entries   
Thats a good effort for your first step by step JPM, well done
I will see what i can rustle up once i get off this rust bucket 

[Sandy Nelson]

A Large Dark Olive Emerger.

Thoroughly enjoying all the playing with emergers, over the past week lead me to think i might do a wee SBS.
This one is based on colours ala Greenwells and my own observations.
So here goes.

Hook : SLD 12 Modified, might be better to use a hook the right shape to start with
Thread: Dark Dun
Tail: White polar fibre
Abdomen: Mix of Muskrat and Opposum hair,  to get a rusty greyish olive colour.
Rib: Pearsalls no.4 or 5
Wing: Snowshoe hare dyed Grey with a pantone marker
Hackle: Olive CDC
Thorax: Some more Muskrat/opposum mix with a few guard hairs thrown in.

Step 1: Put hook in vice.



Step 2: Bend hook if necessary



Step 3: Start the thread and then take a few Fibers of polar fiber.



Step 4: Tie in the polar fiber.



Step 5: Tie down to half way round the bend , adding the silk ribbing material as you go.



Step 6: Take a pinch of muskrat and a pinch of Opposum hair and roughly mix together.



Step 7: Dub the fur quite tightly with a small amount of taper.



Step 8: Wind dubbing rope back up the shank about 2/3rds the length of the fly.



Step 9: Make 2-3 turns of the rib at the tip of the fly and then wind up the body.



Step 10: Next select a few Snowshoe hare fibers and remove the under hair.



Step 11: Tie in the snowshoe hare and hit it with the marker to make it grey.



Step 12: Form a small dubbing loop.



Step 13: Take a pair of Olive CDC feathers with a nice length of fiber, about the hook length.



Step 14: Insert one half of the feathers into the dubbing loop.



Step 15: Trim along the stalk and do the same for the other side.



Step 16: Try to get the longer fibers closest to the hook and then spin the twister.



Step 17: Wind the twisted CDC rope onto the hook, about 3-4 turns stroking each turn backwards and upwards as you go.



Step 18: Tie off the Rope and then dub some more of the fur, a little more roughly this time.



Step 19: Wind it forward to form a nice small thorax.



Step 20: Whip finish and varnish the head



Step 21: Finally pick the fur out on the thorax to make it a more scruffy and stroke the CDC so the bulk of it sits above the horizontal. And there you have a finished Large Dark Olive.




If you were to use Blue Dun CDC you can make this into a Blue winged Olive, might need to go a hook size or two smaller as well.



If the snowshoe hare is left Natural, it makes  a lighter variant, possibly good as a pond olive, although this picture has Blue Dun CDC, with a light natural or golden olive it would be a good match.



With a Mole Body and Red rib, with dark dun or natural Black CDC it is the Iron Blue Dun



With Camel Fur, Natural Snowshoe (although this has Cream EP), Pale grey CDC and a yellow rib it is a Yellow May.




There are Endless variations to choose from to match the hatch you are fishing and keep you amused at the vice.

Cheers

Sandy

[Mike Barrio]

Wow, that just looks so "fishy" Sandy ..... Thanks for posting the great Step by Step!

Do you think this style of fly would lend itself to an "F-Fly" type wing as well?

Thanks again
Mike

[Sandy Nelson]

Do you think this style of fly would lend itself to an "F-Fly" type wing as well?

Definatley ( think buzzers )

sandy

[Mike Barrio]

I used to tie something very loosely similar to this for the river Sandy and these were tied on the old Kamasan gold buzzer hooks, but the wing was simply a couple of CDC oiler puffs.

Certainly nowhere near as bonnie as yours are, but the idea was roughly the same and they caught fish ..... must have a look to see if I've still got any

Cheers
Mike