Nick Thomas
Dry fly
Easy
- Run on the thread, fold the ultra-dry yarn around the hook from underneath and secure with cross wraps a little way back from the hook eye. Add thread wraps around the fibres to form the wing post.
- Catch in a length of DMC thread and tie in down the hook.
- Twist the thread to cord it up and wind forward in touching turns, tie in and remove the waste end.
- Snip the fibres from a short section at the end of the stripped ribbon, catch in at the base of the wing post and then tie in up the post.
- Dub some silk fibres onto the thread and wind around the hook behind and in front of the post.
- Attach a pair of hackle pliers to the ribbon and wind around the post down to the hook.
- Hang the hackle pliers in front of the wing post on the near side of the hook, pull back the post and legs, tie in the ribbon and remove the waste.
- Whip finish, remove the thread and trim the wing to length.
| Hook | Fulling Mill FM50 60 #14/16 |
| Thread | Semperfli 18/0 Nano Silk |
| Abdomen | Brown DMC metallic thread |
| Legs | Stripped 7mm brown natural silk ribbon |
| Thorax | Dubbed silk fibres |
| Wing | Fulling Mill tan and light dun ultra-dry yarn |
