Hi all
I hope this is not frowned upon for being my first post but thought i would add a variant of the clan chief
This is a fly i used alot when I was younger with great success. I have added a couple of ingredients which i feel adds a little more bling, compared to the bog standard version.
Fingers crossed i have done this correctly and photos turn out ok. First time doing one of these.
Hook: Fulling Mill comp heavy weight size 10
Thread: 8/0 uni Black
Butt: Gold holo tinsel
Tail: Red and rst Orange Uni floss
Rib: Gold oval tinsel
Body: Mozaic Dubbing Black
Body Hackle: Metz grade 2 Cock Hackle Black
Thorax Hackle: Metz grade 2 cock hackle Red
Front Hackle: Black Hen
Place hook in vice and put down a layer of thread
Tie in Gold Holo tinsel
Wrap tinsel round bend of hook and back up to start point. Approximitely 4 turns. Cover with varnish to help protect against troots teeth.
Take two strands of rst orange floss. Brush together with old toothbrush or similar. Do the same with the Red. Place one ontop of the other and tie in at the tail. Tie in gold oval tinsel.
Trim tail to desired length and tidy up.
Take black mosaic and dub onto thread.
Create body. More is better. Leave around 5 mm at head for hackles.
Tie in Metz black cock hackle
Wrap hackle down body. 5 turns is enough.
Wind gold tinsel up body. 4 or 5 turns.
Tidy up and use velcro or dubbing brush to pull out the dubbing from body into hackles.
Tie in red metz hackle
wrap two turns of red hackle and tie off.
Tie in black hen hackle
Wrap two or three turns of black hen and whip finish. varnish head.
Hope you all like. Give it a go
Cheers
Alan
