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 Fly Tier: Andrew Cooper |
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Tying Instruction : 1) Tie on thread at hook eye. Tie on Swiss straw at hook eye. The piece that you will use is over the hook eye. 2) Place mono eyes behind Swiss straw and tie on using criss-cross wraps. Wrap thread back to bend of the hook. 3) Starting at the base of the eyes wrap a tapered copper wire under body about 3/4 of the hook shank. The fattest part of the under body should be behind the hook eye and should almost touch the round part of the eye ( when flattened ). Flatten the entire wire under body with pliers. 4) Tie on 3 mongoose guard hairs as a tail. Splay the tail using an X wrap. 5) Tie on duck quill rib. 6) Tie on Ostrich plume at tip. 7) Wrap Ostrich plume to the mid point of the hook shank and rib with duck quill. 8) Tie on Pheasant wing case using the bare quill of the feather, curly side up. 9) Tie on partridge feather by its tip. 10) Dub the remainder of the thorax and around the eyes. Bring thread back to directly in back of the eye. 11) Pull partridge feather over thorax and tie off behind eyes. Put DUCO cement on top of partridge feather quill. 12) Pull pheasant wing case over top of partridge legs and push on to glue. Tie off behind eyes. 13) Pull Swiss straw over eyes and tie off. Whip finish and put a drop of instant super glue on top of thread. OPTIONAL - This step does not need to be done to fish this fly! 14) Separate the partridge into 3 bunches on each side of the thorax. Use a needle to place a small drop of DUCO cement on each bunch. Spread the cement with your fingers to the tip of the leg. Now take a pair of tweezers and heat them with a lighter. While the tweezers are still warm bend each leg forward. Put a small drop of glue or head cement at the elbow joint. Note : Preparation of Materials: Duck Quill - Fill a mason jar full of water. Place 6 or more small secondary flight feathers from a duck wing in the jar and leave over night. Take the wet duck feather and with a double edged razor blade lift up the tip of the quill on the dark side of the feather. Grasp the quill with a pair of tweezers and strip it from the feather. Pheasant Wing Case - Use the flank feathers from a ring neck pheasant. Remove the fluffy stuff and coat the feather with DUCO cement. Place a drop of DUCO cement on the back side of the feather (the side that curls in). Place the feather between your thumb and forefinger and draw the feather through you fingers. This will coat the feather with glue. Use nail polish remover to get the glue off your fingers. Burnt Mono Eyes - Cut a 1/4 inch long piece of 60lb monofilament fishing line. Holding the piece of mono in some tweezers, melt round balls on each side to make eyes. |
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When I was 13 my parents gave me a fly fishing outfit for my birthday. That year I spent a lot of time trying to fly fishing on our local trout stream. I caught nothing the whole summer. My dad, not being a fisherman, couldn't understand how I could keep going back day after day. One day a friend of his a work suggested we visit Carl Coleman who had a fly fishing store in the basement of his house. We went to Carl's and bought a fly tying kit, and Carl told us of a man who lived in my neighborhood named Lynn Holt who might help me tie some flies. That winter, Lynn graciously let me come over to his house on Wednesday nights to tie flies. The very first trip that next spring I caught my first Trout. Lynn did not ask for anything for all the lessons he gave me, he did it for the love of the sport. He was passing on a gift that will last me a lifetime.
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