Post by Charlie Dickson on Jul 17, 2007 15:52:07 GMT -5
Almost finished with my Yellow Drakes. While I was at it I thought I’d do a step by step for this one.
Stick a size 12 hook in the vise and start some tan thread on it.
Tie a small length of 20lb. mono to the top of the hook and extending to were the end of the flies body should be. Some people like to omit this step as it makes the body a bit stiff, but I have found that it makes the fly easier to tie and much more durable and does not seem to affect the hooking qualities of the fly
Tie in some bleached moose body hair or light pheasant tail fibers for the tails and bind it down.
Cut a small clump of yellow deer hair, pale yellow is best if you can find some, and bind down the butts of the hair at about the middle of the hook shank then trim off the butts.
Pull the deer hair back past the band of the hook and rib it with the tying thread to about were the mono ends, take several turns of thread at the end and then rib it back up to the front of the fly.
Clip off the tips of the yellow deer hair at the back of the body. Take your time with this step being careful not to clip off the moose hair tails.
Tie in a very small amount of light brown deer hair by the tips on top of the hook shank and bind it to the top of the body the same way you ribbed it when you first tied the body, then clip off the tips.
Next cut the wings of the fly from a mallard duck body feather dyed pale yellow. You should be able to do this with three cuts per feather. One across the top of the feather, a second one along the stem of the feather and a third cut starting at the top next to the stem angling away from it.
Lash the wings to the hook shank, pull the stems back, tie them off and clip off the excess.
Tie in a slightly oversized ginger neck hackle.
Apply some amber dubbing to the fly in back and in front of the wing.
Then wrap the hackle through the dubbing to the front of the hook. Tie it off and clip off the excess.
Tie some burnt mono eyes on the top of the hook the same way you would tie in some dumbbell eyes on a clousure minnow and whip finish the head.
Next apply some flex cement to the deer hair body to make it more durable.
Clip a “V” shape into the bottom of the hackle to help the fly float better and you are done.
The finished product!
Stick a size 12 hook in the vise and start some tan thread on it.
Tie a small length of 20lb. mono to the top of the hook and extending to were the end of the flies body should be. Some people like to omit this step as it makes the body a bit stiff, but I have found that it makes the fly easier to tie and much more durable and does not seem to affect the hooking qualities of the fly
Tie in some bleached moose body hair or light pheasant tail fibers for the tails and bind it down.
Cut a small clump of yellow deer hair, pale yellow is best if you can find some, and bind down the butts of the hair at about the middle of the hook shank then trim off the butts.
Pull the deer hair back past the band of the hook and rib it with the tying thread to about were the mono ends, take several turns of thread at the end and then rib it back up to the front of the fly.
Clip off the tips of the yellow deer hair at the back of the body. Take your time with this step being careful not to clip off the moose hair tails.
Tie in a very small amount of light brown deer hair by the tips on top of the hook shank and bind it to the top of the body the same way you ribbed it when you first tied the body, then clip off the tips.
Next cut the wings of the fly from a mallard duck body feather dyed pale yellow. You should be able to do this with three cuts per feather. One across the top of the feather, a second one along the stem of the feather and a third cut starting at the top next to the stem angling away from it.
Lash the wings to the hook shank, pull the stems back, tie them off and clip off the excess.
Tie in a slightly oversized ginger neck hackle.
Apply some amber dubbing to the fly in back and in front of the wing.
Then wrap the hackle through the dubbing to the front of the hook. Tie it off and clip off the excess.
Tie some burnt mono eyes on the top of the hook the same way you would tie in some dumbbell eyes on a clousure minnow and whip finish the head.
Next apply some flex cement to the deer hair body to make it more durable.
Clip a “V” shape into the bottom of the hackle to help the fly float better and you are done.
The finished product!