WHITE WING

WHITE WING

Hook : Daiichi 1280 # 10 - 14

Thread : Uni-Thread 8/0 Black

Body : Dryfly Dubbing Tan

Thorax : Spun Deer Hair

Wing : Closed-Cell Foam Micro Thin White

Fly Tier: Andre Brun

Tying Instruction :

1) Dub a rough body, but leave enough space in front for the deer hair and the wings.
2) Tie in 3 slices of foam on each side as shown on the picture.
3) Then spin the deer hair and whip-finish.
4) Clip the head small and leave no collar.

Note :

White Wing was original a moth imitation for night fishing. And it is a good one too. It has the right ingredients we appreciate in a night fly: It is easy to see on the surface at night because of the bright wings, it floats by itself and it makes a lot of noise because it sits deep in the surface. In Norway, 1997 was a summer crowded with moths. At least in some areas. New of this year was the mini version of the fly: The Mini White Wing. It showed to be more a fly for daytime than the bigger flies. But during night I think that a White Wing tied on a M79580 in the sizes 10 and 14 still is the most consistent night fly in my boxes. It’s a pretty simple fly to tie, but then again it is a fly mainly for night fishing and the details are not very necessary then.

ABOUT THE FLY TIER

E-mail : andrebru@frisurf.no

Address :
Kirkebyskogen 44
2816 Gjovik
Norway

André Brun has written several artcles on fly fishing and tying in Scandinavian magazines like Jakt & Fiske, Villmarksliv, Flugfiske i Norden and Alt om Fiske, and even in Fly Tyer magazine. He's been tying flies for 20 years and live in the eastern part of Norway near brown trout and grayling rivers like Gudbrandsdalslågen, Glomma and Renaelva. He's the originator of for example the Sail Wing dun and Brun's Caddis which is produced and sold through Sportflies in UK.