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Mike Barrio

January 2011 Flytying SBS entries
« on: 01/01/2011 at 14:41 »
Hi folks :cool:
 
Please post your January entries in this thread .................... :wink

Best wishes
Mike

jpm75

Re: January 2011 Flytying SBS entries
« Reply #1 on: 03/01/2011 at 14:44 »
Right guys, here goes my effort for January.
 
Hot spot Greenwells Spider.

Materials.
Hook: Partridge sure hold Barbless #16-12.
Body: Pale yellow or primrose thread coated with black cobblers wax.
Rib: Fine gold wire or oval tinsel.
Hot spot: Glow brite floss I've used no 4.
Hackle: Greenwells hen hackle.
Head: Same as body.


Step 1: Fix hook firmly in vice.



Step 2: Wind on thread at the eye 5 turns approx.



Step 3: Catch in rib, trim waste and continue thread in touching turns to the bend.



Step 4: Lightly rub cobblers wax on to thread till you get a light olive colour. dont over-do the wax.




Step 5: Wind the waxed thread up and down the shank to create a smooth tapered body stopping 3 mm from the eye.



Step 6: Wind on rib in even spaced turns secure and remove waste.



Step 7: Tie in a length of glow brite floss and remove waste piece.




Step 8: Wind floss and build a small thorax, secure and tidy up.




Step 9: Rewax your thread and tie in a suitable greenwells hen hackle by the tip.




Step 10: Stroke fibres back and wind on 2 - 3 turns. secure and remove waste.




Step 11: Build a small head and whip finish.




Hope you like this one. Tight lines.


Mike Barrio

Re: January 2011 Flytying SBS entries
« Reply #2 on: 03/01/2011 at 15:04 »
Hi John :z16

Excellent SBS, spiders are my soft spot :z4

A great Step By Step to get 2011 rolling ..... Thanks for posting!

Best wishes
Mike

jpm75

Re: January 2011 Flytying SBS entries
« Reply #3 on: 03/01/2011 at 16:57 »
Hi Mike I love this little fly. When im fishing with spiders its always on my leader, it stands out from the rest.
Cheers, John :grin

Sandy Nelson

Re: January 2011 Flytying SBS entries
« Reply #4 on: 09/01/2011 at 06:35 »
Back to the Saltwater flies for me this month :z16

This is one i fancy would find favour with Perch and Pike as well as the troots though :z18
Not to difficult to tie either and just a wee bit different to the norm. I mean if we use rapala's that have sound making devices then why not make flies in a similar way.

I've tied the "Rattle Rouser" in its lightweight form, but you could add dumbell eyes or even a weighted underbody if you wanted it to be heavier :z16

Hook: Varivas 2610 ST-V  size 2
Under Thread: claret or red (fl green for the chartreuse version)
Head thread: White
Body: Orvis easi-body braid in natural pearl
Under wing: white bucktail
Over wing: tan bucktail
Topping: Root beer Krystal flash
Eyes: 1/8" red prism stick on eyes
Rattle: A small worm rattle. (i got them in the states)

Step 1: Place hook in vice.



Step 2: Start with the red thread and wind down the shank to a point in line with the barb.



Step 3: Tie in Body braid securely and cut to length leaving a decent amount for the tail and take thread back up the front of the hook.



Step 4: Select the rattle and smooth off any edges with a file or sand paper.



Step 5: Insert rattle in the braided tubing.



Step 6: Push rattle as far down tubing as possible.



Step 7: Tie down the front of the tubing making sure the rattle cannot slide inside.



Step 8: Trim end and whip finish.



Step 9: Varnish the head and separate the strands at the tail.



Step 10: When head varnish is dry, invert the hook and start the white thread.



Step 11: Select some white bucktail about 2 times the body length of the fly, remove the under fibers and tie it in as a wing.
Trim the buts and keep head smooth.



Step 12: Do the same again but this time with some tan bucktail approximatley the same length.



Step 13: Take a few krystal flash strands and tie in on top, tips of flash should be roughly the same length as the wing.



Step 14: Make head nice and smooth then whip finish and apply some head cement.



Step 15: once the cement is dry apply a small eye to each side of the head.



Step 16: Apply a nice coat of Epoxy to the head area, enough to fill the gap at the bottom and place in a fly drier to turn while the epoxy sets.



Step 17: When dry the fly should look like this, with a nice smooth bullet shaped head.






The fly will fish upside down and has a keel effect keeping it straight in the water, if you want to add dumbells you would do it at stage 8 and they would be on the actual top side of the hook directly in front of the braid. I like it light, it is easy to cast and still sinks pretty quick, would be a great Pike fly i think, in bigger sizes

You can tie it with green thread and Chartreuse Bucktail instead of Tan as well, for another really good saltwater combination



but any combination you fancy would be good, i like the tan one, it fooled a lot of seagulls down in OZ so it must look like a fish :z4

Cheers

Sandy








Matt Henderson

Re: January 2011 Flytying SBS entries
« Reply #5 on: 09/01/2011 at 20:12 »
Very nice Sandy.  Nice to see something out of the ordinary. 

Must get myself to the vice this month I totally missed it last month.

Barry Robertson

Re: January 2011 Flytying SBS entries
« Reply #6 on: 09/01/2011 at 20:24 »
Best looking fly i have seen on here as far as salt water goes, well tied, clever and great photos also!
Well done  :z14

Mike Barrio

Re: January 2011 Flytying SBS entries
« Reply #7 on: 20/01/2011 at 16:06 »
I reckon John and Sandy are in with a good chance of winning this month! :z4

Cheers
Mike

jpm75

Re: January 2011 Flytying SBS entries
« Reply #8 on: 21/01/2011 at 17:56 »
Yeah Mike its looking that way at the mo, but there's still plenty of time left for a few more entries.

Barry Robertson

Re: January 2011 Flytying SBS entries
« Reply #9 on: 21/01/2011 at 21:36 »
I reckon John and Sandy are in with a good chance of winning this month! :z4

Cheers
Mike

Looking 50/50 at the moment  :wink
I have one day spare before i go on holls so hopefully manage to stick in an entry on the 29th :z18

ramjet

Re: January 2011 Flytying SBS entries
« Reply #10 on: 23/01/2011 at 19:32 »
Hi all

I hope this is not frowned upon for being my first post but thought i would add a variant of the clan chief  :oops

This is a fly i used alot when I was younger with great success. I have added a couple of ingredients which i feel adds a little more bling, compared to the bog standard version.

Fingers crossed i have done this correctly and photos turn out ok. First time doing one of these.

Hook: Fulling Mill comp heavy weight size 10
Thread: 8/0 uni Black
Butt: Gold holo tinsel
Tail: Red and rst Orange Uni floss
Rib: Gold oval tinsel
Body: Mozaic Dubbing Black
Body Hackle: Metz grade 2 Cock Hackle Black
Thorax Hackle: Metz grade 2 cock hackle Red
Front Hackle: Black Hen



Place hook in vice and put down a layer of thread


Tie in Gold Holo tinsel


Wrap tinsel round bend of hook and back up to start point. Approximitely 4 turns. Cover with varnish to help protect against troots teeth.


Take two strands of rst orange floss. Brush together with old toothbrush or similar. Do the same with the Red. Place one ontop of the other and tie in at the tail. Tie in gold oval tinsel.


Trim tail to desired length and tidy up.


Take black mosaic and dub onto thread.


Create body. More is better. Leave around 5 mm at head for hackles.


Tie in Metz black cock hackle


Wrap hackle down body. 5 turns is enough.


Wind gold tinsel up body. 4 or 5 turns.


Tidy up and use velcro or dubbing brush to pull out the dubbing from body into hackles.


Tie in red metz hackle


wrap two turns of red hackle and tie off.


Tie in black hen hackle


Wrap two or three turns of black hen and whip finish. varnish head.

Hope you all like. Give it a go :z16

Cheers

Alan

Jim Eddie

Re: January 2011 Flytying SBS entries
« Reply #11 on: 23/01/2011 at 19:34 »
Nice Flee Alan  :z16

 :z18

Jim

Mike Barrio

Re: January 2011 Flytying SBS entries
« Reply #12 on: 23/01/2011 at 19:38 »
Hi Alan
Welcome to the forum :z16

Frowned upon? :z4 ... First posts don't come much better than that. Thanks for posting the excellent step by step!

Best wishes
Mike

Barry Robertson

Re: January 2011 Flytying SBS entries
« Reply #13 on: 23/01/2011 at 20:07 »
Nice Fly Alan, nice to see the chief in a busy variant  :wink
Did you steal my blue bit of card  :z4, the photos look good also  :z18

ramjet

Re: January 2011 Flytying SBS entries
« Reply #14 on: 23/01/2011 at 22:01 »
Thanks for the kind words. :z18

 



 




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