I finally got my order of Mustad hooks today and started tying on them as soon as I got home. I still have to get some Junglefowl for some of the plate winged flies, so I started out with something different. Komagelva has some nice slow flowing pools (and a lot of fast ones too) so I decided I should work on some lively spey style flies. I tied a series of 3 Beauly Snow Flies on #2 Mustad SL73UBLN hooks.
Beauly Snow Fly
Hook: Mustad SL73UBLN
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Black
Tag: Flat silver tinsel
Rib: Flat silver tinsel and oval silver tinsel
Body hackle: Dark grey heron
Body: Light blue seal fur
Throat hackle: Blue eared pheasant
Wing: A bunch of peacock herls
Collar: Bright orange seal fur
 |
| Make a thread base |
 |
| Tie in the flat silver tinsel for the tag |
 |
|
|
| Wind the tag and lock the tinsel. Don't cut it! |
|
|
 |
| Tie in the oval silver tinsel and the heron. Tie the heron from the tip, so that the longest barbs are in the back. |
 |
| Dub the body. |
 |
| Wind the hackle evenly. |
 |
| Wind the ribs. First the flat tinsel, then the oval goes on the back edge of the flat tinsel. |
 |
| Tie in the Blue eared pheasant |
 |
| Wind the throat hackle and force it to face down. |
 |
| Attach the wing. Do not cut the wing tips even. |
 |
| Dub a collar from seal fur and brush it puffy. |
 |
| Make the head and finish the fly. Add a drop of varnish. I prefer clear for this, so the collar won't turn black. |
 |
| Finished fly from front. |
I have always liked the looks of the Beauly Snow Fly and have wanted to try one for a long time. I didn't have the materials to tie this for summer 2012, but now I found some good quality heron that was small enough for a #2 hook which is the largest one allowed on Komagelva. Tomorrow I'm gonna tie at least Lady Carolines and Green Butts.
-Niilo
No comments:
Post a Comment