Post by reelteacher on Jan 17, 2009 9:37:28 GMT -5
Well, as you may know, I had the day off yesterday due to extreme cold temps. I couldn't very well work outside, so I decided to tie flies all day and take pics.
Here is another of my favorite flies: The Panfish Bugger
I learned of this fly about 5 years ago, and it's been a tremendous addition to my fly box. I think it will be for you too.
Let's tie it!
Materials:
Hook: size 10 curved shank nymph hook or whatever is available.
Thread: I like red or orange, but black works fine.
Tail: black round rubber hackle
body: 4 peacock hearls and grizzly hackle off a #2 METZ neck.
Eyes: Medium black mono
Place the hook in the vise and put a jam knot near the eye of the hook. Tie in the mono eyes using several figure eights and then wind the thread back to the bend in the hook.
Tie in one strand of black rubber hackle. You want it to be twice as long as the hook shank, because you bend it over to form two splayed pieces of rubber hackle for the tail. This takes practice, but the learning curve is relatively steep. Divide the rubber in half with the thread, and tie the far side down, then the near side. Keep pressure on the thread until you get the rubber pieces where you want them, then apply more pressure to get the pieces to splay apart as shown.
Select 4 long peacock hurls and a nice grizzly hackle that has feather barbules equal to the hook gap or very slightly larger.
Tie in the hackle by the tip near where the barbules are as long as the hook gap. Now tie in the peacock hurls, keeping them all together. Now wind the thread forward to just behind the eyes.
Wind the peacock around the hook shank, covering the tie in point, then working your way to just behind the eyes and tie off with the thread. Snip off the excess.
Now wind the hackle feather forward, keeping the wraps evenly spaced and tie off just behind the eyes. Then wrap foward and create a nice thread nose of the fly. Whip finish and cement.
This may not look like much, but it imitates all sorts of aquatic insects from damsel fly and dragon fly nymphs to big mayfly larva. Give it a try and I'm sure you'll be as impressed as I was with this little beauty.
Here is another of my favorite flies: The Panfish Bugger
I learned of this fly about 5 years ago, and it's been a tremendous addition to my fly box. I think it will be for you too.
Let's tie it!
Materials:
Hook: size 10 curved shank nymph hook or whatever is available.
Thread: I like red or orange, but black works fine.
Tail: black round rubber hackle
body: 4 peacock hearls and grizzly hackle off a #2 METZ neck.
Eyes: Medium black mono
Place the hook in the vise and put a jam knot near the eye of the hook. Tie in the mono eyes using several figure eights and then wind the thread back to the bend in the hook.
Tie in one strand of black rubber hackle. You want it to be twice as long as the hook shank, because you bend it over to form two splayed pieces of rubber hackle for the tail. This takes practice, but the learning curve is relatively steep. Divide the rubber in half with the thread, and tie the far side down, then the near side. Keep pressure on the thread until you get the rubber pieces where you want them, then apply more pressure to get the pieces to splay apart as shown.
Select 4 long peacock hurls and a nice grizzly hackle that has feather barbules equal to the hook gap or very slightly larger.
Tie in the hackle by the tip near where the barbules are as long as the hook gap. Now tie in the peacock hurls, keeping them all together. Now wind the thread forward to just behind the eyes.
Wind the peacock around the hook shank, covering the tie in point, then working your way to just behind the eyes and tie off with the thread. Snip off the excess.
Now wind the hackle feather forward, keeping the wraps evenly spaced and tie off just behind the eyes. Then wrap foward and create a nice thread nose of the fly. Whip finish and cement.
This may not look like much, but it imitates all sorts of aquatic insects from damsel fly and dragon fly nymphs to big mayfly larva. Give it a try and I'm sure you'll be as impressed as I was with this little beauty.
