As this wing will later form the post of the parachute hackle, it will help to wind several turns around the base. This will reinforce the post. Bring the tying thread to the back of the hook, just round the bend, and form the body with squirrel dub.
Tie in the hackle, and make it point upward along with the wing. Build the thorax using the peacock herl, from the body towards the eye of the hook. Usually I reposition the hook in the vise, making the wing point to the right. Hackle around the base of the wing, making sure that each new wrapping lies underneath the previous one. 4 or 5 turns will do the job.
Form a whip finish around the wing and the hackle tip, thus securing the hackle. Cut the wing down to the desired length.
It is essential, that only the wing and the hackle are greased, as this is the only part of the fly that will have to float. The body should be submerged. It could be made wet before fishing.


M Frame - Pheasant Tail Nymph


Ali Gillon - Black Pennell
Hook: Standard wet fly hook size 14
Thread: Black 6/0
Tail: Golden pheasent tippet fibres
Rib: Fine oval silver tinsel
Body: Black floss
Hackle: Dyed black cock hackle
Instructions:
1) Atach tying thread at the eye end of the hook and wind down to the hook bend.
2) Tie on the tippet fibres for tail, 6 fibres is about right.
3) Tie in a strip of tinsel at the tail and of the fly.
4) Now wind the tying thread back up to the eye end of the hook.
5) The floss can now be tied in. Wind the floss backwards towards the bend of the hook, when you get there reverse the action and wind the floss forwards back to where you started.
6) Now the tinsel ribbing can be wound on, 3 to 4 turns should be about right for a size 14.
7) The hackle can now be tied on and whip finnish to complete the fly.
Notes: "The Black Pennell is a very good imitation of a hatching buzzer, a good imitation of many other dark flies and a fair imitation of a beetle, an ant or just about anything else which is dark coloured and good to eat (from a trouts point of view). Although it will take fish throughout the year the Black Pennell is probably at its best early in the season when black midges are hatching.


Jerry Goldsmith - Byrd's Gillbuster


Byron Graham -
Hook: Size 10 long shank
Body: Lime chenelle
Tail: White marabou
Wing: Black marabou
Over wing: Flashabou
Eyes: Copper chain eyes


Norman Morrow - Clan Chief
Thread: Black
Tail: Globrite FL Yellow Floss and FL Red or FL Orange. - 4 strands of each tied one on top of the other, extending approximately 1/4" beyond the bend of the hook.
Ribbing: Fine or Medium Gold Oval Tinsel.
Body Hackles: Black and Claret Cock tied in together and palmered down the body. It is importnat that good tension is kept on the hackles when palmering.
Head Hackle: Black Cock - 3 or 4 turns
Notes: The Clan Chief is esentially a Claret Bumble variant. This fly is best fished as a top dropper in a good wave. Excellent pattern for Salmon and Sea Trout on a lough. Best suited to peat stained loughs. I have taken rainbows on small stillwaters from the bank when there was a good wave. For very fresh sea trout try a magenta hackle instead of the Claret. It is worth having different sizes and varying length/density of the hackles for different wave conditions, particularly in the head hackle.



Steve Thomas - Black Buzzer
Hook: Size 12 B100
Thread: Black 8/0
Head: 3mm Goldbead
Rib: Silver wire
Instructions: Place bead on hook and slide it up too the eye catch in the thread behind the bead and wind in touching turns down too a point just past the bend, tie in the silver wire for the rib, bring the thread back up the hook shank to the bead,wrap the silver wire around the hook in open turns about 5 turns will do, secure the wire in place with the thread and build up a neat head behind the bead to hold it in place,finish off with a whip finnish and add a coat of clear varnish to the head.


Robin Varley - Invicta


Adrian Young - Suspender Buzzer
Hook: Size 10 B100 Buzzer hook
Thread: Black
Rib: Gold wire
Thorax: Ostrich herl
Head: Ethafoam
Instructions: Take your buzzer hook and wind the thread down the shank to just bout half way down the hook curve, tie in you gold ribbing thread and take thread up the hook towards the eye making sure to cover the whole hook shank and trying to keep the body nice and thin, bring your ribbing up the hook shank trying to make 7 turns of it evenly up the hook as to give a segmented body effect, tie in the rib at the top of the hook, now cut a piece of ethafoam about the size of your thumb nail and tie it in just at the eye of the hook, tie in your Ostrich herl and wind it in making a thorax just behind the ethafoam, now whip finish and in about 5 mins you have a deadly wee buzzer that will take trout no matter what the weather.