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Collared NYMPHO Tied by George Church |
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Hook: Mustad 9575 #6 Thread: Black Danville 6/0 Back: Orange chenille Belly: Grizzly Hackle Throat: Pearl Flash-a-bou Collar: 7/16 brown Furry Foam |
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Tying Instructions: 1. Wrap a thread base from just behind the hook eye to the hook point. 2. Tie in the orange chenille and put into material clip or let hang. 3. Hackle: Either fold hackle or strip one side. I like the stripped version. Tie in hackle by tip. Bring thread forward. Palmer hackle to waiting thread-tie in with three or four wraps. 4. Gather hackle on bottom side of the hook. Just push the hackles down. Pull or push the feather. It doesn't have to be real neat but the hackles should be on the underside of the hook. 5. Bring orange chenille forward. I normally give the chenille a couple of twists and tie in right on top of the hook shank. Now you have the hackle and the chenille tied in at the same point. 6. Take some Flash-a-bou and tie this in front of the hackle on the underside of the hook. The length of the flash material should be to the hook point. Put a whip finish here and a drop of head cement or super glue to bind it all together. 7. I use a 7/16 round collar. Go to your nearest print shop and beg the printer for an old drill. It is actually a circle cutter for drilling holes in paper stock. I just lay the furry foam on a cutting board and knock out however many collars I need. 8. After the first drop of head cement has dried, I lay down a few more wraps of thread; these give the collar something to "grip." Put a little drop of cement on the wraps and tie on the collar. I generally put four or five wraps then I put just a touch of head cement on the thread and add four whip finishes. Notes: Arthur Low ties this fly with the material on the top of the hook shank- I started messing around with this pattern and found that it works much better with the material on the bottom. Also if you want the fly weighted you just add some lead wraps before you wrap the hackle on. |
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George Church Warsaw, Ohio USA Email: [email protected] |