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Dressing
Hook size :
10-12 longshank
Tying Silk :
Black
Body :
Natural Raffia
Rib :
Fine Gold Wire or Oval Tinsel
Hackle :
Natural Red Cock Hackle
Collars :
Brown Partridge Feather
Golden Pheasant Tippet Feather |
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Tying
Instructions
1.
Take the tying silk down to the bend of the hook and tie a
length of natural buff coloured raffia and a length of gold
wire or tinsel, taking the waste ends up to the head of the
fly; tying them down with the silk. Trim waste. |
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2.
Moisten the raffia with saliva and wrap up to the eye of the
hook, tie in and trim the waste. Don't overlap to much as
the body will be uneven. Tie in the natural red hackle at
the head, leaving enough room in front to tie in the partridge
and pheasant feathers. Trim waste. |
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3.
Grip the hackle tip with hackle pliers and wrap the hackle
down the body for half its length, leave to hang down. Then
take the rib and bring it up the body making a nice even rib,
trapping the hackle stalk to the hook shank with each subsequent
turn making it nice and secure. Trim away excess rib, once
tied in at head and also trim the excess hackle feather halfway
down the body that was left. |
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4.
Tie in a large brown Partridge feather by the tip with fibres
a bit longer than the cock hackle when wound. Trim waste. |
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5. Wind partridge
hackle sweeping all fibres rearwards as you wind feather.
Tie in after 2-3 turns and trim waste. Then tie in a whole
golden tippet feather by the tip so fibres will be slightly
longer than the partridge when wound. Trim waste.
6. Now wrap
the tippet round the hook 2-3 times. Sweeping the fibres
rearwards as before. Tie in and cut off excess. Build the
small head with the tying silk and whip finish. Varnish
to complete.
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Once
the fly is finished, it should look similar to this. |
