HAWTHORN FLY

HAWTHORN FLY

Hook : Daiichi 1180 # 14 - 16

Thread : Uni-Thread 8/0 Black

Body : Dryfly Dubbing Black

Wing : Web Wing White

Hackle : Dryfly Hackle Black

Fly Tier: Richardt Jensen

Tying Instruction :

1) Fold a piece of shimakazi wing over a #14 Dry fly hook. Cut the wing material at an angle between the hook of the eye and hook point, now cut around the hook bend. This will give you a tent shaped wing, which when unfolded will look like a long heart shape.
2) Place your hook in a vice and tie on your thread near mid shank and wrap back to the bend.
3) Tie in a hackle at the bend.
4) Dub a cigar shaped body for 3/4 of the shank.
5) Palmer the hackle through the body.
6) Cut the hackle over the top of the hook.
7) Tie the tent wing on over the top of the body.
8) Whip finish the head.

Note :

Some of the materials and hooks used by Richardt may not be available in the USA, but his techniques and patterns will be very useful. Try using the patterns as a guide rather than a formula recipe.

ABOUT THE FLY TIER

E-mail : richardt@esenet.dk

Richardt Jensen and his son Dennis live in Esbger Denmark. They are both avid fly tiers and have sent me not only these beautiful flies but also pamphlets they use for their fly tying classes. Unfortunately the pamphlets aren’t in English and I don’t know how to get them translated. I have done the best I can with the instructions, luckily Richardt sent along some sketches which do an excellent job of illustrating the tying steps.