Needle Fly SBS

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ScottP
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Needle Fly SBS

Post by ScottP » Sat Apr 11, 2015 10:55 pm

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Looks like a flash-bodied Carey Special; developed by Dawn Holbrook, a cane rod maker of some repute in the Pacific Northwest. The Carey is special, but this is an interesting derivative; another of the lesser loved flies from Randall Kaufmann's American Nymph Fly Tying Manual.


hook - Mustad 9672 #8
thread - Danville 6/0 black
rib - wire fine silver
abdomen - tinsel silver
hackle - pheasant rump
head - peacock herl


mash barb, start thread 2 hook eye widths back and tie in wire; wrap it to hook bend and back (try to make a smooth underbody)

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tie in tinsel; wrap to the bend and back and tie off

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counterwrap wire up the body; helicopter end and tie off

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prep a pheasant rump feather and tie in (you want the fibers to extend a bit past the bend)

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tie in peacock; twist around thread

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wrap peacock head, half hitch x 2, SHHAN

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Regards,
Scott
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Re: Needle Fly SBS

Post by letumgo » Sun Apr 12, 2015 7:57 am

Sparkle, contrast, peacock, pheasant rump...

Checks all the right boxes!

Really nice work on the wire reinforced tinsel body, and thread reinforced herl head. Nice techniques for making a durable fishing fly.
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Re: Silver Sides

Post by swellcat » Sun Apr 12, 2015 10:20 am

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Would you expect these longish, silver-sides flies to also be taken for "minners"?

(I suspect one could crappie- or walleye- or white-bass fish with these and still feel like an elistist 8-) .)
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