Hook - Mustad Dry Fly/Model R50 (Size 14/12)
Thread - Kimono Silk (#363/Dilly Bear Brown)
Body - Nature's Spirit Hare's Mask Dubbing (HMD-26/Callibaetis)
Wing/Collar - 4B Hen Flank Feather (Ginger)
The scissors are pointing at the flank feathers used for this pattern. These feathers are nice and soft, and give a nice shaped delta wing and hackle.
Preparing the wing/collar hackle:
TYING SEQUENCE:
Very simple fly (form body/tye in hackle/wrap collar/secure wing/whip finish):
FINISHED FLY:
Sorry for the redundancy, but I am still having fun tying these henwing style flies. I've been playing around with different (hopefully fishy) color combinations. They all just looks so darned buggy that I am looking forward to fishing with them. Figure the wing can always be plucked off, if the fish seem to disapprove. Nice to have simple options, rather than swapping out patterns.