Flamethrower I had good success with this fly this year mainly when the river had a bit of a peaty colour
Materials
Thread blak tying thread
Hook Salar silver this one is a sz 9
Feather Orange and Yellow schlappen
fine oval tinsel
Jungle C
pearly tinsel
Wing orange goat hair
Crystal hair
Catch in thread and tie in oval tinsel and holographic tinsel
Wind up the holo tinsel about half way up the hook and tie off. Tie a tag (2 turns) and rib with the oval tinsel and tie off. You can varnish the tinsel if you wish.
Select an orange schlappen feather, the hackle to extend past the bend of the hook. Tie in an ad 2-3 turns of hackle, brushing the hackle back as you turn.
Add 2 - 4 strands of crystal hair and tie in the goat hair and using the black thread build a small tapered body
Tie in another orange schlappen feather and add two turns of hackle brushing the hackle fibres back as previous. The hackle length to reach the gape of the hook.
Tie in a yellow Schlappen hackle and add two turns.
Tie in JC cheeks and a couple of pearly tinsel strands
Build a head with the pearly tinsel I find using a couple of strands and twisting them together gives a stronger thread to build and whip finish the head. To help build the head you can apply varnish or super glue before building the head. This make the base sticky and helps keep the tinsel in place.
Varnish the head.
