Salt Water Fly
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Posted by: admin | on October 14, 2012
Hi Tie
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A Bait fish imitation |
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Hook | SS Short Shank 1/0 to 2/0 |
Body | Polar Fleece Colour of Choice |
Head | Holographic Eye’s + Epoxy |
Flash | To match |
Tying Instructions |
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1) Tie in a small piece of red marabou (or Hot Pink Polar Fibre) under the hook above the barb.
2) Tie in a small bunch of Polar Fleece at the same point above the hook. Repeat with a second bunch on top but slightly forward. 3) Tie in a few strands of flash on top. 4) Then Tie in a small bunch of chartreuse followed by green and finally grey. (Experiment with various colour combinations.) 5) Comb the body to shape then using superglue glue eyes in place. 6) Finally when super glue is dry colour the head area with marker pen and build up some epoxy over the front of the eye and head. |
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Tying Tip |
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When cutting the Polar Fleece turn the material upside down and cut a small rectangle out by inserting a sharp pair of scissors just under the fabric weave as shown. Then hold the fibre and snip off the fabric weave. Comb out the excess fibres. | |
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Posted by: Warren Prior | on October 14, 2012
Tom’s Gully Fly
Tom’s Gully Fly |
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Ties by Tom Gifford to fly fish gullies. |
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Hook | Gamakatsu SC15 #4 #2 |
Thread | 3/0 or finer (colour of choice) Pref Red Head |
Eyes | Black bead chain |
Body | Yarn Colour of choice |
Wing | Pearl Crystal Flash |
Tying Instructions |
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1) Dress shank of hook and tie in bead chain eyes.
2) Form a nice body with thread (colour of choice) behind the eyes. 3) Super glue or cement the body and eyes. (Its a good idea to prepare a no. of bodies and let the glue dry before continuing) 4) Reverse the hook in the vice to ease application of the wing . 5) Take a small pinch of pearl Crystal Flash and tie in between eyes and hook eye. 6) Form a neat thread head with preferably red thread. |
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Posted by: admin | on October 14, 2012
Winged Charlie
Winged Charlie |
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This is a variation of the Crazy Charlie. |
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Hook | # 4 or 6 (stainless steel) |
Thread | Personal preference |
Wing | Calf tail / 2 Hen Hackle’s Rubber Legs flash 2/4 strands |
Body | Flashabou / Gliss n Glow and monofilament 7 to 10 kg |
Head | Bead chain / Dumbbell epoxy |
Tying Instructions |
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1. Dress hook, tie in eyes behind hook eye allowing enough space to tie in the wing and flash.
2. Tie in a length of monofilament and two or three strands of flashabou or Gliss n Glo of a colour of your choice at the bend above the barb. 3. Wrap the flash forward to between eyes and secure. Wrap the monofilament over the flash in the same way and tie off. 4. Tie in the Calf Tail very sparse allowing it to extend past the bend by 5 to 10 mm. Tie in the flash on top of wing. Finally add the Hackle. 5. Form a neat head with the thread and epoxy. |
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Posted by: Warren Prior | on October 14, 2012
Flashy Profile
Flashy Profile |
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A variation on the well known shad fly. |
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Hook | 1/0 or 2/0 SS |
Thread | Clear 3/0 (spook thread) |
Tail | Synthetic Flash Fibre Blend white |
Lateral Line | Pearlescent Flash |
Wing | Synthetic Flash Fibre Blend Colour of choice |
Head | Holographic Eyes and clear epoxy |
Tying Instructions |
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1) Tie in a small bunch of the synthetic fibres 2/3 down the hook shank.
2) Tie in a few strands of Pearlescent on top. 3) Tie in the wing slightly ahead of the first bunch and form a neat taper. 4) Form an Epoxy head and stick on the eyes. 5) Turn continuously or place in a rotary drier to prevent the epoxy from running. 6) When dry trim to shape. |
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Posted by: admin | on October 14, 2012
Whistler Variation
Whistler Variation |
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Primarily designed for the surf the whistler is also very effective for bass. |
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Eyes | Dumbbell (Traditional Bead Chain) |
Hook | Salt Water 1/0 to 6/0 |
Thread | To Match 3/0 |
Flash | Of Choice |
Tail & Body | Schlappen Hackle Feathers |
Head | Epoxy |
Tying Instructions |
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1) Select 6 suitable hackle feathers with some marabou at the base.
2) Using figure of 8 wraps tie in the dumbbell eye’s just behind the eye of the hook. 3) Tie in some stiff squirrel tail (or Buck tail) at the bend of the hook. This prevents the tail feathers from wrapping. 4) Tie in some flash above the squirrel tail. 5) Now tie in the hackle feathers 3 on either side of the hook. (They may be tied either inward or outward) Remember to leave some marabou on the feather as this creates a lot of movement. 6) Tie in a little more flash on either side of the tail feathers. 7) Working toward the eye of the hook tie in hackle feathers at the marabou end (do not remove all the marabou in the traditional way) and wrap forward in tight turns. 8) The hackle colours can be varied to get different effects. A red hackle just before the eyes simulates bleeding gills. Finish off with a darker hackle. 9) Whip finish and apply a little epoxy or head cement to the head and eyes. 10) A small amount of super glue can be applied to he hook shank before wrapping to make the fly more durable |
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Posted by: Warren Prior | on October 14, 2012
Evil Eye
Evil Eye |
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Tied by Graeme Neary. |
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Hook | SS Size #4-#6 |
Thread | Personal Preference |
Tail | White Marabou + Crystal Flash |
Body | Chartreuse Chenille |
Eyes | Bead Chain |
Tying Instructions |
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1. Dress the hook, tie in eyes a few millimeters back from the hook eye.
2. Take a good pinch of marabou for the tail approx length of the hook shank. 3. Add a few strands of either side of the tail. 4. Tie in a piece of chenille at the bend just above the barb. 5.Wind the chenille forward to eyes, run between the eyes and tie off. 6. Optional add a small marabou wing. This should extend to the hook point. Take your evil eye and head for the nearest saltwater gully. If the fish are feeding results are virtually guaranteed. |
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Posted by: Warren Prior | on October 14, 2012
Crazy Charlie
Crazy Charlie |
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Although an easy fly to tie, it is often discounted and sits indefinitely in one’s fly box. Take them out, dust them off and even tie more. |
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Hook | # 4 or 6 (stainless steel) |
Thread | Personal preference |
Tail | Calf tail / slinky fibre (a good pinch of)
Chrystal flash 2/4 strands |
Body | Flashabou / Gliss n Glow and monofilament 7 to 10 kg |
Eyes | Bead chain / Dumbell |
Tying Instructions |
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1. Dress hook, tie in eyes behind hook eye allowing enough space to tie in the wing and flash.2. Tie in a length of monofilament and two or three strands of flashabou or Gliss n Glo of a colour of your choice at the bend above the barb.
3. Wrap the flash forward to between eyes and secure. Wrap the monofilament over the flash in the same way and tie off. 4. Tie in the wing allowing it to extend past the bend by 5 to 10 mm. Tie in the flash on top of wing. This recipe is for a standard / traditional type Charlie. When tying these, your only limitation is your imagination. |
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Posted by: Warren Prior | on October 14, 2012
Lefty’s Deceiver
Lefty’s Deceiver |
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Lefty Cray originally tied this fly and it’s more a style of tying than a particular pattern.This fly can be tied to imitate just about any small fish and if fished slowly it can also resemble a squid. It is an internationally recognized fish catcher both off shore and for land based fly fishers.South African fly fishermen hold it in high esteem for both fresh water species such as Tiger Fish and countless salt-water species. For me this fly has resulted in my biggest Shad as well as Kingie.If there are fish around and you just can’t seem to connect, try a Deceiver. It’s also a good low light or dirty water fly because it pushes a lot of Water. |
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Hook | SS Size #2-#8/0 |
Thread | White 3/0 |
Tail | Saddle hackle |
Body | Sparkle dubbing or cactus chenille |
Eyes | Dolls eyes or stick on eyes |
Over Wing | Buck tail of a darker shade than under wing and peacock herl |
Under Wing | Buck tail of lighter shade than over wing, flash maybe used |
Flash | Colour to match |
Tying Instructions |
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1. Take the tread and position it above the barb of the hook and tie in flash, which should extend a little beyond the saddle hackle. Then tie in saddle hackle. The hackle can face in or out, your choice2. Dress the shank with chenille or dubbing, remember to leave space for the head3. Tie in some buck tail in a series of layers (depending how sparse you want the fly to be) on the top of the hook and below creating a flat wide profile Flash can be added in between buck tail.
4. Cut the buck tail at a taper to build up head and stack next layer The top layers should extend to the middle of the saddle hackle and on the under be the length of the shank. 5.Flash can be tied in on the under side to create belly shine or red hackle fibre to give the impression of the Gills 6. Six strand of Peacock herl on top can add a touch of class 7. Nail polish can be used to colour the head before applying Epoxy. 8.Doll eyes can be stuck on behind the head or stick on eyes can be stuck on the head itself. |
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Posted by: Warren Prior | on October 14, 2012
Salty Bugger
Salty Bugger |
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A very simple and easy fly to tie, but very effective. This fly has already landed over 20 species (salt) for Hoosen. |
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Hook | No 4 or 6 |
Weight | Optional – add few turns of lead wire |
Tail | Maribou (white) + Krystal flash (pearl) |
Body | Slf dubbing / dubbing brush / tinsel chenille – pearl |
Eyes | Bead |
Tying Instructions |
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Flatten barb – insert bend up to mark eye.Tie in thread from behind bead to bend of hook
Tie in generous bunch of marabou – length of shank. Wind down shank to behind bend and back again. Tie in strand of krystal flash either side of tail. Tie in dubbing brush / chinille, wind evenly up to bead and tie off. Pick out body. Do not taper as in nymph. Tips:
Here is a list of some of the species that Hoosen has caught with this fly: Torpedo scad, springer, queen fish, kingfish (various), gurnard, shad, salad fish, garrick, garfish, pinkie, wave garrick, karanteen, blacktail, moonie, flagtail, threadfin mullet, thorn fish, perch, kob, sand steenbras, wrasse, kawa kawa, 5 species in the maldives |
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Posted by: Warren Prior | on October 13, 2012
Mylar Sprat
Mylar Sprat |
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This fly is fished with a floating line in rip currents in surf, bays or estuaries. |
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Hook | Stainless Steel 2xLong #1 to 2/0 |
Thread | Clear Mono |
Tail | A small bunch of Calf Tail with 2 strands Flash both Sides. |
Body | Flash or sparkle dubbing. Mylar Tube pulled over hook eye tied in above barb |
Eyes | Bead Chain tied in on top of hook just behind eye |
Tying Instructions |
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Tie in calf tail at bend of hook. Add a few strand of flash on both sides.Wrap thread to just behind eye and tie in bead chain eyes on top of hook. Set with a drop of super glue.
Wrap hook shank from eyes to tail with flash or sparkle dubbing. Place the thread in line with barb. Cut a piece of Mylar tube twice the length of the hook. Fold in half and pierce with a bodkin in the center of the fold. Now push the point of the bodkin through the eye of the hook from the top and by applying pressure on the forward section of Mylar slip the Mylar over the eye of the hook. Remove bodkin and stroke the Mylar over the top and bottom of the eyes and secure with a few wraps of thread at the barb. Tip: Brush some superglue onto the thread before taking the last few turns and then tie off. Using the bodkin stroke out the strands behind the barb to form a flash collar around the tail. |
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