NYMPHS & WETS

STICK FLY

The recipe for this fly came to me third hand through Andrew Wheeler. He swears by it as a tip fly in a lock style fishing system. Peter Hayes who uses it in his guiding work throughout the central Tasmanian lakes originally introduced him to the fly.

MATERIALS:

Hook - Size 10 or 12 2X long shank
Thread - Brown
Tag - Green sparkle or crystal flash or supreme hair
Weight - Lead wire
Body - Peacock herl
Hackle - Brown or ginger hen hackle

Wind the thread in touching turns to the bend of the hook.
Tie in a tail equal in length to the gape of the hook.
Either dub on a thin body of good quality dubbing material or build up a Peacock herl rope body almost to the eye of the hook.

To build up a peacock herl rope body:

Tie in several strands of peacock herl.
Wind the herls around the silk to form a herl rope.
Wind the herl rope ¾ of the way along shank of the hook shank toward the eye of the hook to make a plump body. Tie off the herl and trim the loose ends.

To see step by step tying instructions have a look at the recipe for the Dry fly Cock-y-bonddu.

Tie in a slightly oversized hen hackle just on front of the body by the butt end.
Take a couple of turns of hackle and then tie it off and trim the excess.
Push the hackle back with your fingers and take a couple of wraps of thread to hold them facing slightly backwards.

Build up a neat head.
Whip finish, trim and varnish the thread.

Last modified:11-Jun-2008.