Loop & Legs

[dwiltshire]

With the thorax tied a little more straggly:



Hook: Partridge 15G #20
Thread; Powersilk 10/0, orange
Tail: Fibres from Hends Spectra flash
Abdomen: Turkey Biot, olive
Thorax: Orvis Spectrablend (ginger) & rabbit guard hairs - in split thread
Wing: CDC, Khaki

~Dave

[ickypimp]

Beautiful as ever... i posted a poor version of this myself last night, i am going to have to revisit today to get the abdomen right...

[stuarty]

Brilliant,very well tied indeed

[ickypimp]

ok i just tied a couple more i give in ... whats the secret of the perfect biot body...
best i could do

[stevekale]

Did you tie it notch up? Looks like you did.

You've wound the biot towards you. You'll have more control wrapping away from you. You'll also notice biots are naturally "lefties" or "righties" depending on which wing they came from - they have a natural curve. If you wrap against this curve it will lead to a more prominent ridge.

I would pull the loop a bit tighter so the proportions are better and reduce the number of thread wraps securing it, making sure each wrap sits on the prior one, so you don't get the wide bands. If you measure out your thorax/head versus abdomen, the abdomen is only about 40% of the body length instead of more like 60%.

[dwiltshire]

Hi Icky, A good effort I think

Mine is in no way the perfect fly, but you can hopefully use mine to direct your tying. It is all about proportions. The biot actually looks good. Keep thread warps to a minium and, if needs be, build up a taper with thread to get the shape you want.

For proportions take a look here:



I have segmented into head, thorax and abdomen. 'Tails' are entirely optional and I often do without. If you do tie them, keep them short and wispy.

Notice the length of the thorax (not the wing). It is 2/3 to half of the abdomen. The wing sweeps back naturally.

Use a little more CDC in the wing and make the loope a little smaller.

The head is bigger than perhaps on a usual tying due to the binding down of the CDC and the whip finish under the tips. Either way, keep wraps to a minumum - three of frour to bind down CDC tips and then two or three with the whip behind the eye.

Hopefully, if you aim for these proportions, you'll see some changes. If you can, have a go and show again.

You've probably seen this, but just in case:
http://www.riverflybox.co.uk/page6cdcloopemerger.html

Cheers,

[mayflyjunky]

Great tips there Dave.

Thank you

[1973dereks]

Hi Dave,

Great emerger and some great advice

all the best,

[A. Fluker]

Cracking advice - cheers.