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Sun May 18, 2008
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| Fly
Tying Basics |
Starting
Off |
Tails/Bodies/Ribs |
Hackles |
Wings/Heads |
| The
pleasures of fly fishing are greatly enhanced when you use flies
that you tie yourself.
| Tails,
Bodies and Ribs
The ability to tie flies is
one of the fly fisher's greatest assets.
| TAILS
- a tail may represent that of a natural insect,
impart movement to a fly, or just add a flash
of colour. |
RIBS
- these provide sparkle and adds strength, either
bedded into soft bodies, or protecting a delicate
body / hackle. |
| Tying
a Rib |
 1.
Run the tying thread down the hook lenght to
the point opposite the barb. Catch in the ribbing
material with a couple turns. |
 2.
Allow the waste end of the ribbing to lie along
almost the full lenght of the hook shank to produce
an even underbody. |
 3.
Add the body material. Then wind the ribbing
firmly around the body so that it forms a neat,
open spiral. |
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Next |
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1.
Tie the thread to the hook shank opposite the
barb. select tail material. 
2.
Offer the bunch of fibres up to the hook, extending
it beyond the bend.
3.
Catch in the tail with turns of thread, ensuring
it does not twist. The tail should be about half
the hook's length.
1.Ensure
that an even bed of tying thread has been formed,
then catch it in. 
2.
Take the tying thread to just short
of the eye. Wind the tinsel up the body in tight,
touching turns.
3.Secure
the loose end with thread, remove any excess tinsel.
1.
With the rib caught in offer a small pinch
of dubbing up to the thread [ensure the spread
is even]
2.
Rotate the tool so that it falls beneath the
hook, trapping the loose end.
3.
Repeat four or five times, then slip the thread
off the lower prong.