Post by Charlie Dickson on Jul 17, 2007 15:54:00 GMT -5
This is one of my favorite flies for fishing just about any spinner fall. I tie it with a foam post so you can see it well on those low light evenings when the spinners are falling like crazy and its to dark to see much else.
Start the thread on the hook and tie on one or two micro fibbets depending on the size of the fly. Leave this step out if you want the fly to have only two tails.
Tie on a very small amount of dubbing at the end of the body.
Tie one or two micro fibbets on ether side of the hook. The small dubbing ball will splay the tails.
Select a goose or turkey biot and tie it on to the top of the hook as shown.
Tip: Biots have two sides. One side is smooth and the other has very short barbules on it. The smooth side has a small notch in it (see arrow in picture). If you tie the biot in with the notch pointing away from you the body will be smooth when you wrap it. If the notch is pointing toward you the body will have what looks like a small raised rib. I tied this fly with a smooth body.
Next wrap the biot to the front of the hook. Sometimes I will put a drop or two of flex cement on the hook shank and wrap the biot over it to make it more durable.
Next tie in a foam strip on top of the hook shank, cut off the end and bind down any excess foam.
Cover the tie in point with some dubbing.
Tie in an oversized hackle in front of the foam post pointing towards the back of the hook.
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Cut a strip of zing wing or similar material for the wing.
Tie it in top of the hook and in front of the post with two loose thread raps cris-crossing over the top of it. Grab the wing on both sides and push it tightly up against the foam post. Then secure it with a few more tight wraps of thread.
Trim the wing to its final shape.
Tie in some dubbing over the tie in point of the wing.
Now start wrapping the hackle around the foam post. To get the best results when wrapping a parachute hackle make each subsequent wrap under the last one. Tie off the hackle.
Clip off the excess hackle, finish the head, and apply head cement to the head of the fly
Clip off the post. I also like to apply some flex cement to the hackle wraps at the post.
The finished product.
Start the thread on the hook and tie on one or two micro fibbets depending on the size of the fly. Leave this step out if you want the fly to have only two tails.
Tie on a very small amount of dubbing at the end of the body.
Tie one or two micro fibbets on ether side of the hook. The small dubbing ball will splay the tails.
Select a goose or turkey biot and tie it on to the top of the hook as shown.
Tip: Biots have two sides. One side is smooth and the other has very short barbules on it. The smooth side has a small notch in it (see arrow in picture). If you tie the biot in with the notch pointing away from you the body will be smooth when you wrap it. If the notch is pointing toward you the body will have what looks like a small raised rib. I tied this fly with a smooth body.
Next wrap the biot to the front of the hook. Sometimes I will put a drop or two of flex cement on the hook shank and wrap the biot over it to make it more durable.
Next tie in a foam strip on top of the hook shank, cut off the end and bind down any excess foam.
Cover the tie in point with some dubbing.
Tie in an oversized hackle in front of the foam post pointing towards the back of the hook.
[Cut a strip of zing wing or similar material for the wing.
Tie it in top of the hook and in front of the post with two loose thread raps cris-crossing over the top of it. Grab the wing on both sides and push it tightly up against the foam post. Then secure it with a few more tight wraps of thread.
Trim the wing to its final shape.
Tie in some dubbing over the tie in point of the wing.
Now start wrapping the hackle around the foam post. To get the best results when wrapping a parachute hackle make each subsequent wrap under the last one. Tie off the hackle.
Clip off the excess hackle, finish the head, and apply head cement to the head of the fly
Clip off the post. I also like to apply some flex cement to the hackle wraps at the post.
The finished product.