FLYMPH FORUM

Tom Travis, a Montana guide and excellent fly tier, posted a version of this fly that looked a bit more like a traditional soft hackle. I adjusted the placement of some materials, most specifically the thorax feather and the hackle, and came up with this. This is also the fly I tied for the IBOF Swap #13.



PMD/PED Flymph

Hook: Mustad 98482 Size 14
Thread: Gordon Griffith Sheer 14/0 black or gray
Tail: Wood Duck Flank Fibers
Rib: Fine Copper wire
Abdomen: PMD or PED Dubbing
Hackle: Medium Dun Hen
Thorax: Partridge Aftershaft Feather

To wrap the thorax and hackle I tie the hackle in by the butt facing over the hook eye, then the Aftershaft feather on top of that. Then, to protect the fragile feather stem, I wrap the aftershaft feather around the tying thread, then wrap it on the hook shank to meet the abdomen. With the thread hanging at the abdomen, I then wrap the hackle back through the aftershaft feather, catching it in with a turn of thread. The thread is then wrapped in open turns to the eye of the hook and a small head is made. The excess hackle can be snapped or cut off.

Killer looking fly there Ron.

That looks very nice Ron. The aftershaft thorax should give that fly what I call a nice "pulse". I have never used the technique on a PMD but have used an ostrich feather in the same manner for many stonefly flymph patterns. Can't wait to see it in person.

Love that hackle,great fly.

Klaas

That's really pretty, Ron. It would kill as a sulphur pattern here in the mid-Atlantic and points north.

THAT'll work REE.