Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2012 20:07:54 GMT
This little fella is another favourite of mine for targeting dace and roach.
The list of materials:
Stripped peacock quill
Cock feather fibres or anything similar to form the tails
some varnish
splitable tying thread
CDC
jig hook ( i like 16-18 for this job)
slotted tungsten bead
Again, I tend to glue the head on. Offer up the thread and secure the tail fibres.
Stripping down the fibres can be done by gentle use of any rubber eraser. Once you are done, just tie in the quill. I usually moisten it before I start winding it on.
Go forward with the quill, applying overlapping turns and tie it down at the head. In the below picture I have already put the varnish on. It is really just to protect the quill. It is not so much of a problem for toothless silver fish but trout can definitely shred the fly quicker without some protective coating.
The neck area is done simply by trapping CDC with your bulldog clip and sticking the fibres in the split thread. Spin it and wind the result on. I usually start a mm back from the head and move forward whilst guiding the CDC to point backwards.
I quite like this little, in fact I like it so much I have two rows in my box. The bigger ones are great for chub too. Those with the silver bead are my knew favourite. The body is Hends body quill but everything else is as described above.
Pete
The list of materials:
Stripped peacock quill
Cock feather fibres or anything similar to form the tails
some varnish
splitable tying thread
CDC
jig hook ( i like 16-18 for this job)
slotted tungsten bead
Again, I tend to glue the head on. Offer up the thread and secure the tail fibres.
Stripping down the fibres can be done by gentle use of any rubber eraser. Once you are done, just tie in the quill. I usually moisten it before I start winding it on.
Go forward with the quill, applying overlapping turns and tie it down at the head. In the below picture I have already put the varnish on. It is really just to protect the quill. It is not so much of a problem for toothless silver fish but trout can definitely shred the fly quicker without some protective coating.
The neck area is done simply by trapping CDC with your bulldog clip and sticking the fibres in the split thread. Spin it and wind the result on. I usually start a mm back from the head and move forward whilst guiding the CDC to point backwards.
I quite like this little, in fact I like it so much I have two rows in my box. The bigger ones are great for chub too. Those with the silver bead are my knew favourite. The body is Hends body quill but everything else is as described above.
Pete
