Post by RodKneeTrouter on May 4, 2006 17:19:45 GMT -5
Credit for this pattern goes to Loren Williams and Alice Conba – both are on the Danica flytying site and more variations of this pattern can be found there. This is my interpretation:
It makes for a very fishy looking fly that can be fished as a wet, or in the surface film with a bit of floatant on the body.
HOOK: KAMASAN B100 (SIZE 12 HERE)
THREAD: UNI-THREAD 6/0 DK BROWN
TAIL: PHEASANT TAIL FIBERS
BODY: ANTRON TO SUIT DESIRED COLOUR (Mix of march brown and hare’s ear in this case).
RIB: FINE GOLD WIRE
WING: CDC OILER PUFF
WING CASE: PHEASANT TAIL
THORAX: HARE’S EAR/ANTRON MIX
LEGS: PARTRIDGE
Step 1. Secure hook in vice with head pointing down (to ease construction of tail). Tie in 4-5 pheasant tail fibres about 1/3 of the way down the hook from the eye (adjust tail length if necessary). Wrap thread over PT fibers around the bend. Leave the excess pheasant tail on the top. (not sure if it shows in this photo, but yes, I know that I wrap ‘backwards’ )
Step 2. Tie in wire rib at tail, dub on a thin tapered body of antron to suit desired colour. Reposition hook to normal, upright position. CARFEFUL not to break any of the tail fibres when doing this (I broke one in the example because it was caught in the vice). Wind dubbing and rib to base of excess pheasant tail and secure.
Step 3. Tie in a CDC oiler puff by the stem directly behind the excess pheasant tail. (You can also use long fibred antron). Take a couple of wraps over the base of the CDC so that the feather lays back a bit over the body. Now wrap the thread forward, over the pheasant tail to about 2 hook eye’s width from the eye. This creates a base for the thorax.
Step 4. Lay the pheasant tail back on itself, and wrap back to the CDC wing. Again, leave the excess, as this will now form the wing case. Dub on a thorax to suit desired colour. (I have used a mixture of hare’s ear fibres and hare’s ear coloured antron for this as I think it makes for a nice bushy thorax.) Wrap dubbed thread forward to the original 2 hook eye's distance position.
Now pull the pheasant over the thorax and tie off as a wing case. Try to flare the pheasant tail fibres a bit so that they spread out a little and make a wider, split case.
Step 5. Clip excess PT fibres. Tie in a partridge feather 1 eye’s distance from the eye with fibres about 1.5 times the hook gape. Tie it in by its tip with the convex side facing up (as you would a spider). Make 1-2 wraps of partridge, preening the feathers back as you go, so that the feathers lay back on the body a bit. Cut off excess, whip finish and cement head if desired. If needed, trim the CDC to suit the body length (as I have done here).
Finished product will look something like this:
Step 6. Catch a fish. ;D
It makes for a very fishy looking fly that can be fished as a wet, or in the surface film with a bit of floatant on the body.
HOOK: KAMASAN B100 (SIZE 12 HERE)
THREAD: UNI-THREAD 6/0 DK BROWN
TAIL: PHEASANT TAIL FIBERS
BODY: ANTRON TO SUIT DESIRED COLOUR (Mix of march brown and hare’s ear in this case).
RIB: FINE GOLD WIRE
WING: CDC OILER PUFF
WING CASE: PHEASANT TAIL
THORAX: HARE’S EAR/ANTRON MIX
LEGS: PARTRIDGE
Step 1. Secure hook in vice with head pointing down (to ease construction of tail). Tie in 4-5 pheasant tail fibres about 1/3 of the way down the hook from the eye (adjust tail length if necessary). Wrap thread over PT fibers around the bend. Leave the excess pheasant tail on the top. (not sure if it shows in this photo, but yes, I know that I wrap ‘backwards’ )
Step 2. Tie in wire rib at tail, dub on a thin tapered body of antron to suit desired colour. Reposition hook to normal, upright position. CARFEFUL not to break any of the tail fibres when doing this (I broke one in the example because it was caught in the vice). Wind dubbing and rib to base of excess pheasant tail and secure.
Step 3. Tie in a CDC oiler puff by the stem directly behind the excess pheasant tail. (You can also use long fibred antron). Take a couple of wraps over the base of the CDC so that the feather lays back a bit over the body. Now wrap the thread forward, over the pheasant tail to about 2 hook eye’s width from the eye. This creates a base for the thorax.
Step 4. Lay the pheasant tail back on itself, and wrap back to the CDC wing. Again, leave the excess, as this will now form the wing case. Dub on a thorax to suit desired colour. (I have used a mixture of hare’s ear fibres and hare’s ear coloured antron for this as I think it makes for a nice bushy thorax.) Wrap dubbed thread forward to the original 2 hook eye's distance position.
Now pull the pheasant over the thorax and tie off as a wing case. Try to flare the pheasant tail fibres a bit so that they spread out a little and make a wider, split case.
Step 5. Clip excess PT fibres. Tie in a partridge feather 1 eye’s distance from the eye with fibres about 1.5 times the hook gape. Tie it in by its tip with the convex side facing up (as you would a spider). Make 1-2 wraps of partridge, preening the feathers back as you go, so that the feathers lay back on the body a bit. Cut off excess, whip finish and cement head if desired. If needed, trim the CDC to suit the body length (as I have done here).
Finished product will look something like this:
Step 6. Catch a fish. ;D
