LOCH STYLE
FLIES
ENGLISH BAIT FISH
(STREAMER
OR PULLING
TYPE
FLIES , OR ATTRACTOR TYPE FLIES FOR USE IN LOCH STYLE FLY FISHING)
This
is more of a class
of
flies rather than just a fly.
Most
English Wet flies
of
this type were originally tied as imitations of specific impoundment
bait fish.
COMMON
NAMES SIZE
DRESSING
BLOODY
BUTCHER #8-14
Red
feather fibre tail, silver wire rib, flat silver tinsel body,
blue/black
mallard feather wings & red hackle beard.
BLAE & BLACK #10-14
Golden pheasant tippet tail, silver wire rib, black seals fur body, grey
mallard
feather wings & black hackle beard.
BLUE & SILVER
TEAL #8-14 Golden pheasant tippet tail, silver wire rib, flat silver
tinsel
body, barred teal flank feather wings & beard of cock hackle dyed
blue.
BLUE CHARM #6-10 Tail of
yellow hackle fibres, silver wire rib, black floss body, natural grey
squirrel
hair wing & beard of cock hackle dyed blue.
STOAT’S TAIL #6-10 Tail
of yellow hackle fibres, silver wire tag & rib, black floss body,
black
squirrel hair wing & black cock hackle beard.
MUNRO KILLER #6-10 Black
feather fibre tail, gold wire rib, black floss body, Black bucktail
over
yellow bucktail wing & beard of blue hackle over black hackle.
GARRY #6-10 Tail of yellow
hackle fibres, silver wire rib, black floss body, yellow bucktail over
red bucktail & beard of blue barbed hackle fibres.
MICKEY FINN #6-10 Red tag,
Mylar tube body, yellow bucktail wing & red hackle fibre beard.
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BLOODY BUTCHER
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BLUE
& SILVER TEAL
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BLAE & BLACK |
CLARET &
PHEASANT |
MATERIALS
FOR BLUE
& TEAL:
Hook
- 10 to 14
Silk - Black
Tail
- Golden Pheasant tippets
Rib
- Silver
wire (optional)
Body
- Flat
silver tinsel
Beard
- Blue
hackle
Wing
- Teal feather slips
A)
- Wind the thread in touching turns to the bend of
the hook.
- If you want to addwseight then tie in wraps of 010mm
lead toward the front of the hook shank.
- Tie in a tail equal in length to the
shank of the hook.
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B)
- Prepare the tinsel by cutting it off at an acute
angle.
- Place the thread at the tie in position. The tie in
position is
always forward of where the tinsel is to start because as you will see
in the next step you have to wind it backward first and double back
over the first couple of wraps of tinsel to get a neat finish.
- Hold the point of the cut tinsel in front of the
hook and
using the fly tiers pinch secure it into position.
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C)
- Wind the tinsel to the bend of the hook
just one or two turns and then return the tinsel over itself along the
hook shank as far as required.
- In either case it may be necessary to take the
thread
toward the eye of the hook just to get it out of the way.
- Also if you can't manage the tinsel in your fingers
it may
be necessary to grip it in your hackle pliers.
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D)
Wind the thread back to the tinsel and tie it off with a
couple of
wraps of thread.
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E)
Hold the beard hackle fibres against the hook with
your right hand to check the
length. The tips of the beard hackle fibres should obscure the point of
the hook.
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F)
Once you are satisfied with the position of the beard
hackle
fibres
without
moving the beard hackle fibres take hold of them firmly with the
thumb and
forefinger of your left hand against the top of the shank
of the hook at the tie in position.
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D)
Hold the butt end of the beard hackle fibres vertical
and trim
it off
horizontal with
scissors.
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E)
Hold the wing against the hook with
your right hand to check the
length. The wing should extend beyond the bend of the hook a distance
equal to about the gape of the hook.
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F)
- Once you are satisfied with the position of the wing
without
moving the wing take hold of them firmly with the thumb and
forefinger of your left hand against the top of the shank
of the hook at the tie in position.
- Trim the butt ends of the wing flat along the shank
of the
hook so as not to leave a ridge.
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G)
- Build up a neat head.
- Whip finish and varnish the head.
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