Nice fly and SBS Shaun !
Baetis Nymph
Receipe
Hook: TMC200R #16
Thread: UTC 70 in your colour of choice
Tail: Partridge Feather Barbs
Abdomen: D-Rib (Small)
Thorax: Wapsi Awesome Possum Dubbing (Dark Olive)
Wing Case: Medallion Sheeting (Hopper Olive)
Legs: Partridge Feather
Step1:
Dress the hook with thread and tie in around 5-10 partridge feather barbs for the tail.
Step2:
Tie in a piece of D-Rib at the tail, and form a tapered thread underbody up to about 1/3 the length of the hook shank from the hook eye.
Step3:
Wrap the D-Rib forward, stretching it very tight for the first couple of turns, and then gradually releasing some of the tension, and then tie off at the end of the tapered underbody you created.
Step4:
Take a Partridge feather, cut the tip out so it forms a "V" in between the barbs, and then tie in so that the "V" points forward over the hook eye, and trim the excess.
Step5:
Lift the Partidge barbs and dub a thorax around them.
Step6:
Cut a section of Medallion sheeting, about 1cm long and about 1/3 of the hook gape wide. Tie it in at the hook eye, then take one turn of thread under the thorax and catch the wingcase at the rear, then make one more turn under the thorax, taking the thread back to the hook eye. Whip Finish and apply head cement. Finally, grip the excess medallion sheeting at the rear of the wing case, and folding it it half with your fingers, cut it diagionally downwards at an angle. This should produce two pointy wing buds at the rear of the wing case.
Last edited by ShaunF; 13-11-09 at 04:44 PM.
Nice fly and SBS Shaun !
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This particular fly isn't new to me though, as I've been tying up some of my Flashback Nymphs almost identically for ages. The only thing new to me was the use of the Medallion Sheeting for a wing case, and having to tie it in from the front instead of the back.
Last edited by ShaunF; 02-06-08 at 08:32 AM.
Nice looking fly, great SBS.
What would the motivation be for tying the wingcase in arse end first, to get the stubby wing buds thing happening ?
"Hierdie drol het baie vlieë" - Ago 2014.
Ok, that's hy I asked. For my money the single wrap won't be all that sturdy, so what I do when trying to get wingbuds and a thorax from the same piece of material is to:
Shape the bud prior to tying in
Trap the sheet flat on the shank with two wraps wingbuds at right length
Fold forward facing end backwards over previous two wraps
Trap with another two or three wraps
Dub thorax in usual manner
Pull forward over thoras and tie off
Works well and is absolutely bulletproof.
"Hierdie drol het baie vlieë" - Ago 2014.
Yeah, I hear you. Will see how it holds up. The method you describe is typically the same way I would do it. The problem comes in with using Medallion Sheeting for the wingcase. I dunno if you've ever seen this stuff, but it's pretty soft. I think it's actually designed as a wing material, but it looks nice as a wingcase. When I read the receipe for the pattern, I couldn't understand why he tied in the wingcase in this way, but when you try it yourself you see that its actually the only way you can do it without the wingcase totally bunching up.
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