[Mike Barrio]

Hi folks
Please post your December entries in this thread

Best wishes
Mike

[Sandy Nelson]

I'll kick this month off with a simplified version of my CDC spiders.
I've been playing to try and eliminate the dubbing loop, yet retain the strength.
With a strong view to the past and Mr Stewart, it was pretty obvious.

Here goes, Waterhen Bloa, CDC style

Hook: Partridge SLD 14
Thread: Pearsalls no.5
Hackle: 2 Blue Dun CDC feathers
Dubbing: Muskrat.

Step 1:  place hook in vice



Step 2: Wind on a few turns of thread a bit back from the eye.



Step 3: Tie in 2 CDC feathers by the tips, try to select ones with fibres just slightly longer than the length of the hook.



Step 4: Wind thread down to level with point of hook and wax the thread.



Step 5: Lightly dub with muskrat, a gentle dusting is good.



Step 6: wind dubbing up to where hackle points are tied in, and attach hackle pliers to hackles.



Step 7: Wind hackles for 3 turns, stroking the hackles backwards each turn



Step 8: Wind the thread through the hackle taking care not to trap any fibres. 4 or 5 turns is good.



Step 9: stroke the hackles backwards and whip finish, carefully apply head finish and leave to dry.



Step 10: The finished fly with the fibres stroked forwards again after the head finish dries.




The same technique can be applied to all traditional and non-traditional spiders. For a simple fly try a Snipe and purple.

This one uses Pearsalls no.11 and natural grey CDC feathers.

Step 1: Hook in vice and start thread, leaving the gap sets the distance for the hackle to cover nicely.



Step 2: Tie in the hackles by the tips and wind thread down to point and back again.



Step 3: 3 turns of hackle, stroking each turn backwards.



Step 4: Wind the thread through the hackle, careful not to trap any fibres.



Step 5: Tie off as before and finish.




Another really good traditional that would lend itself to this would be the Partridge and orange, it would make into a fantastic spent spinner, well worth playing with combinations of thread and hackle colours to get good matches for a hatch.

Cheers

Sandy






 

[Mike Barrio]

Nice flies Sandy ....... I really like the look of those!

A great start to the December entries.
Best wishes
Mike

[Iain Goolager]

Nice start indeed 

[jpm75]

So here it goes, this is my attempt at the December entry.

Goat's Toe Trout Fly

Materials:
Hook - Kamasan B175 size 12-10
Tail and Rib - Red wool 4-5" long
Body - 3 strands of peacock hurl (dyed black or natural)
Hackle - Peacock blue neck feather
Thread - Black




Step 1 - Secure hook in vice



Step 2 - Tie on thread and continue down shank half way between point and barb.



Step 3 - Tie in red wool, leaving approximately 5-6mm for length of tail.



Step 4 - Wind thread back to the eye, stopping 3mm from the eye.  Trim wool and tidy up.



Step 5 - Take a single strand from the remaining wool and catch it in.  Wind back to the tail.



Step 6 - Catch in 3 strands of peacock hurl by the tips.  Wind your thread back, stopping 3mm from the eye.



Step 7 (Optional) - Apply thin layer of varnish or superglue to body for strength.



Step 8 - Carefully twist hurl anti-clockwise and wind on in touching turns until you reach the thread.  Secure hurls, trim and tidy up.



Step 9 - Twist rib clockwise to tighten.  Wind on in even spaced turns to form the rib, trim and tidy up.



Step 10 - Stroke the fibres back and catch in the peacock feather by the tip.  Remove waste end.  



Step 11 - With all fibres stroked back towards the tail of the fly, wind on 2-3 turns always keeping fibres stroked back.  Secure hackle, remove stalk.  



Step 12 - Build a neat head and whip finish.  Apply 2 coats of varnish to head.  Tease out fibres in tail.



Voila!

[Mike Barrio]

Great stuff John

An excellent SBS ...... thanks for posting!

Best wishes
Mike

[Iain Goolager]

Nice one John 

How did you find doing the SBS?

Iain

[jpm75]

Took a while to figure out, but got it with a little help with from mrs jpm.

[Jim Eddie]

Well done john . nice fly 

 

Jim

[jpm75]

Yeah thanks. Its a good fly on the Irish loughs I've had quite a bit of success with it.
  john

[Barry Robertson]

A few good step by steps to start off the december entries   
Thats a good effort for your first step by step JPM, well done
I will see what i can rustle up once i get off this rust bucket 

[Sandy Nelson]

A Large Dark Olive Emerger.

Thoroughly enjoying all the playing with emergers, over the past week lead me to think i might do a wee SBS.
This one is based on colours ala Greenwells and my own observations.
So here goes.

Hook : SLD 12 Modified, might be better to use a hook the right shape to start with
Thread: Dark Dun
Tail: White polar fibre
Abdomen: Mix of Muskrat and Opposum hair,  to get a rusty greyish olive colour.
Rib: Pearsalls no.4 or 5
Wing: Snowshoe hare dyed Grey with a pantone marker
Hackle: Olive CDC
Thorax: Some more Muskrat/opposum mix with a few guard hairs thrown in.

Step 1: Put hook in vice.



Step 2: Bend hook if necessary



Step 3: Start the thread and then take a few Fibers of polar fiber.



Step 4: Tie in the polar fiber.



Step 5: Tie down to half way round the bend , adding the silk ribbing material as you go.



Step 6: Take a pinch of muskrat and a pinch of Opposum hair and roughly mix together.



Step 7: Dub the fur quite tightly with a small amount of taper.



Step 8: Wind dubbing rope back up the shank about 2/3rds the length of the fly.



Step 9: Make 2-3 turns of the rib at the tip of the fly and then wind up the body.



Step 10: Next select a few Snowshoe hare fibers and remove the under hair.



Step 11: Tie in the snowshoe hare and hit it with the marker to make it grey.



Step 12: Form a small dubbing loop.



Step 13: Take a pair of Olive CDC feathers with a nice length of fiber, about the hook length.



Step 14: Insert one half of the feathers into the dubbing loop.



Step 15: Trim along the stalk and do the same for the other side.



Step 16: Try to get the longer fibers closest to the hook and then spin the twister.



Step 17: Wind the twisted CDC rope onto the hook, about 3-4 turns stroking each turn backwards and upwards as you go.



Step 18: Tie off the Rope and then dub some more of the fur, a little more roughly this time.



Step 19: Wind it forward to form a nice small thorax.



Step 20: Whip finish and varnish the head



Step 21: Finally pick the fur out on the thorax to make it a more scruffy and stroke the CDC so the bulk of it sits above the horizontal. And there you have a finished Large Dark Olive.




If you were to use Blue Dun CDC you can make this into a Blue winged Olive, might need to go a hook size or two smaller as well.



If the snowshoe hare is left Natural, it makes  a lighter variant, possibly good as a pond olive, although this picture has Blue Dun CDC, with a light natural or golden olive it would be a good match.



With a Mole Body and Red rib, with dark dun or natural Black CDC it is the Iron Blue Dun



With Camel Fur, Natural Snowshoe (although this has Cream EP), Pale grey CDC and a yellow rib it is a Yellow May.




There are Endless variations to choose from to match the hatch you are fishing and keep you amused at the vice.

Cheers

Sandy

[Mike Barrio]

Wow, that just looks so "fishy" Sandy ..... Thanks for posting the great Step by Step!

Do you think this style of fly would lend itself to an "F-Fly" type wing as well?

Thanks again
Mike

[Sandy Nelson]

Do you think this style of fly would lend itself to an "F-Fly" type wing as well?

Definatley ( think buzzers )

sandy

[Mike Barrio]

I used to tie something very loosely similar to this for the river Sandy and these were tied on the old Kamasan gold buzzer hooks, but the wing was simply a couple of CDC oiler puffs.

Certainly nowhere near as bonnie as yours are, but the idea was roughly the same and they caught fish ..... must have a look to see if I've still got any

Cheers
Mike

[Kev Danby]

Flamethrower I had good success with this fly this year mainly when the river had a bit of a peaty colour

Materials
Thread blak tying thread
Hook Salar silver this one is a sz 9
Feather Orange and Yellow schlappen
fine oval tinsel
Jungle C
pearly tinsel
Wing orange goat hair
Crystal hair


Catch in thread and tie in oval tinsel and holographic tinsel


Wind up the holo tinsel about half way up the hook and tie off. Tie a tag (2 turns) and rib with the oval tinsel and tie off. You can varnish the tinsel if you wish.


Select an orange schlappen feather, the hackle to extend past the bend of the hook. Tie in an ad 2-3 turns of hackle, brushing the hackle back as you turn.


Add 2 - 4 strands of crystal hair and tie in the goat hair and using the black thread build a small tapered body


Tie in another orange schlappen feather and add two turns of hackle brushing the hackle fibres back as previous. The hackle length to reach  the gape of the hook.


Tie in a yellow Schlappen hackle and add two turns.


Tie in JC cheeks and a couple of pearly tinsel strands


Build a head with the pearly tinsel I find using a couple of strands and twisting them together gives a stronger thread to build and whip finish the head. To help build the head you can apply varnish or super glue before building the head. This make the base sticky and helps keep the tinsel in place.


Varnish the head.

[Mike Barrio]

Hi Kev

Excellent SBS ...... thanks for posting

Cheers
Mike

[Hamish Young]

Very nice Kev, very nice indeed 

H 

[Iain Goolager]

Sherry Spinner

Hook:      #12 Partridge SLD
Thread:      Light Brown Sheer
Tails:      Red Brown Microfibetts ™
Tag:      Fl. Green Ultra Thread
Body:      Rusty Spinner Turkey Biots
Wing:      Grey Dun Aerowing   
Thorax:      Orange Possum Dubbing
Wing Cover:   Fl. Orange Aerowing

Place hook in vise, wax thread and wind on in touching turns to a point opposite the hook point.




Select 3 microfibetts and lay flat along the hook shank. Catch in the microfibbets and tie down to in touching ‘flat’ turns to a point just before the hook bend. 
Macro photography is better than old eyes – the fourth fibett was removed – tut!



Push up the fibetts with a thumbnail which will splay them. Lock the two outer fibetts in this splayed position with a couple of dissecting wraps of thread.



Wind the thread up the hook shank, in flat wraps, to the point where the thorax will begin. Trim tag ends.



Tie in a section of Fl. Green Thread and form an egg sack tag at the base of the tails. Wind the tying thread back up the hook shank forming a smooth under body.



Select a turkey biot, tie in and secure along the hook shank to a point adjacent to the green butt section. Run the tying thread back up to the thorax area.



Wind the biot up the shank in open turns to the thorax area, bind down and trim tag.




Tie in a section of wing cover, not seen from above so I’ve opted for a Hi Viz orange.



Tie in the wing material and bind down with a figure of eight pattern. Don’t let the wing creep towards the eye as there is a bit of work still to be done at the eye.  A single ‘post wrap’ under the wing helps to keep the wing slightly above the centre line of the fly in the water.



Dub a rope of orange possum and cover the thorax area of the fly, again using a figure of eight pattern.



Bring the wing cover forwards and secure behind the eye. Trim the wing cover and finish off the head.




Again it’s a general pattern which can be adapted using different sizes, colours, tail material and lengths.

Iain

[Mike Barrio]

Hi Iain

Great SBS ...... thanks for posting

Cheers
Mike

[Sandy Nelson]

2 very different but very nice flies,
Good stuff

Sandy

[Barry Robertson]

Ok a bit of a rushed job but here is my effort for this month.
A grayling bug initially but has taken wild browns and Rainbows also, quite a versatile wee nymph pattern  

Materials used
Hook - size 14 B110 Kamasan
Thread - UTC 70 fire orange
2mm hot orange brass bead
Natural peacock herl - stripped down to quill
Natural pheasant tail
Peacock ice dub

Slide bead onto hook and place hook into vice.

Start thread behing the bead and secure bead in place by putting in a few turns.

Catch in 5 strands of Natural pheasant tail.

Trim off waste pheasant tail.

Catch in one strand of stripped natural peacock herl.

Trim of waste and run thread up to behind bead ensuring to leave as smooth a body of thread as possible for the stripped quill to sit on.

Rib the quill up the hook in open turns to give a segmented look.

Secure quill in place with thread and remove excess quill.

Take a small amount of peacock ice dub and dubb behind the bead.

Whip finnish and add some varnish to the head and jobs complete.


Tightlines
Baz
 

[Mike Barrio]

Nice and easy ...... great step by step Baz

Thanks for posting!
Cheers
Mike

[Sandy Nelson]

Baz

Was that done outside in the snow again?
It sure does work, reckon a pink version would be awesome

Sandy

[Barry Robertson]

Baz

Was that done outside in the snow again?
It sure does work, reckon a pink version would be awesome

Sandy

Pink does like nice also 
And yeps it was tied on the doorstep in the snow so a bit rushed to say the least!