| 1/ Tie
in your thread just behind the hook eye. Wind back
to a point roughly1/4 to 1/3 along the hook shank
and towards the rear of the fly. This is the point
at which you will tie in your Hi-Vis wing post.
Use the photo to the right to gauge exactly how
far to take the thread. Once you are happy with
the way it looks proceed to Step 2. |
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| 2/
Tie in a section of Hi Vis winging material
as shown. That is flat and level with the hook using
the figure eight method. The Hi Vis should be tied
in half way along it's length and remember to use
use a bunch half as dense as you require as you
will be doubling it back on itself in the next step
and using too much will make the wing too bulky.
When this is complete go to step 3. |
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| 3/
Now pinch the wing material together and hold in
a vertical position. Take several turns of thread
in a horizontal plane up the wingpost and then several
again on the way down. Add as many wraps as needed
to the front of the post as well to get it to stand
in the upright position. This gives a great base
upon which to tie your parachute hackle later. Trim
the wing to size and shape and wind the thread to
the rear of the hook. |
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| 4/
Select a small bunch of Hackle Fibres or Microfibbetts
equal in length to the hook shank. Tie in as shown
to form a tail and remove the excess tail filament
stubs. Be sure to make sure that these filaments
are roughly the same colour as the dubbing for the
body. Feel free to flare them out if you wish as
this can help the fly to sit correctly. |
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| 5/ Next
up pinch a small amount of dubbing from the packet.
Form a slightly tapered rope starting thin and gradually
getting thicker. It may take several goes to get
the right amount but once you are familiar with
the particular hook size you are tying the fly in
you should be able to grab the correct amount pretty
much first time, every time. Go to the next
step. |
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| 6/ Start
winding this rope of dubbing you have constructed
forward towards the upright wing you made in Step
3. Generally you will be winding forward, each successive
turn just to the front of the previous one. However
use your judgement and if you have to wind more
or less depending on how the tapered body is coming
along. Once this is completed wind the thread forward
just in front of the wing. |
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| 7/ Now
select two hackle feathers. One cream coloured and
one light dun. Tie in with the shiny side facing
slightly forward and away from you. Trim the feather
stubs and wind forward of the wingpost. Add some
more dubbing to the thread to finish off the body
of the fly. This section of the pattern, the thorax,
should be slightly more bulky than the rear body
section (abdomen). |
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| 8/ Use
your dubbed thread to construct your thorax. Wind
forward tapering this section from thick to thin
as you wind forward from the wing to the hook eye.
Stop just back from the hook eye and remove any
excess dubbing. Add a half hitch of thread behind
the hook eye to secure it there while completing
the next steps. |
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| 9/ Take
one of the hackle feathers, in this case the dun
coloured one, between your fingers and wind forward
to the thread. This should be done with only three
to four tuns as you will be doing this again with
the second feather and although this is a bushy
fly we don't want to over do it! When you reach
the hook eye, catch the feather with the thread,
tie off and trim the excess. A half hitch here should
be applied. |
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| 10/ Now
take the second feather and wind forward as in the
previous step. Use approximately the same amount
of turns and be careful not to crush any of the
hackle wound on first. When you reach the thread
again tie off and trim the excess. Rather than whip
finish use two half hitches. Not only is this easier
and less bulky but I have yet to have a fly come
apart because of it. |
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| 11/ There
you have your almost completed fly. All that is
left to do now is to take your scissors and trim
the hackle flat below the hook. Many like to trim
it right against the hook but with this fly I prefer
it as shown. You can also trim it in a V shape when
viewed from the front and this is very effective
in getting it to sit right. If the fly tips over
or spins you have too much Hi Vis. |
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