The pleasures of fly fishing are
greatly enhanced when you use flies that you tie yourself.
Wings
and Heads
The ability to tie flies is one of the fly fisher's greatest
assets.
Wings
- These give movement to a fly.
Hackle Point Wing
1.Tail and body complete select two well marked
hackle points with fibres the same length as the hook
grape.
2.Remove the base fibres from the bottom of each
hackle, leaving two points approx. the same length as
the hook shank.
3.Catch the hackle points in by their bare stems and
bring them to a vertical position with a few turns of
tying thread.
Feather
Wing
1.
With body and hackle in place, remove
two equal sized slips from opposite sides of the
feather.
2.Place the slips together, curves inward,
so the curves cancel each other out. Secure the wing
with several turns of thread.
3.With the wing in place, remove the
excess stubs of feather before building up a neat
head.
Single
Wing Case
1.When the tail and body are complete, catch in a
slip of feather fibre at the rear of the thorax
position.
2.Add the thorax, then stretch the fibre over the
back, securing it at the eye.
Hair
Wing
1.Leaving a space behind the eye, take a small bunch
of hair.
2.With the hair projecting slightly past the bend,
fix in position with thread. Trim excess.
Muddler
head
1.Wing and body in place, offer a bunch or deer hair
to the hook shank, securing it in place with loose
turns of thread.
2.Pull the thread tight. This makes the hair fibres
flare. Add further bunches as required, then carefully
trim to shape.
3.Using a sharp scissors clip into a neat bullet
shape.
Heads
The
head may simply be the finishing point of a fly or it
may have an extra function. They can be weighted, made
buoyant, or can be painted in bright colours for a visual
effect.
1.
Tail and body complete select two well marked
hackle points with fibres the same length as the hook
grape.
2.
Remove the base fibres from the bottom of each
hackle, leaving two points approx. the same length as
the hook shank.
1.
With body and hackle in place, remove
two equal sized slips from opposite sides of the
feather.
2.
Place the slips together, curves inward,
so the curves cancel each other out. Secure the wing
with several turns of thread.
1.
When the tail and body are complete, catch in a
slip of feather fibre at the rear of the thorax
position.
2.
Add the thorax, then stretch the fibre over the
back, securing it at the eye.
1.
Leaving a space behind the eye, take a small bunch
of hair.
2.
With the hair projecting slightly past the bend,
fix in position with thread. Trim excess.
1.
Wing and body in place, offer a bunch or deer hair
to the hook shank, securing it in place with loose
turns of thread.
2.
Pull the thread tight. This makes the hair fibres
flare. Add further bunches as required, then carefully
trim to shape.
The
head may simply be the finishing point of a fly or it
may have an extra function. They can be weighted, made
buoyant, or can be painted in bright colours for a visual
effect.