Wickhams Fancy Tied Wet Fly Style Step By Step


Materials
Hook Wet fly, 8 - 16
Thread Black
Tail Brown Cock hackle fibres
Rib Gold wire/small oval
Body Gold tinsel
Hackle Furnace or Brown cock
Wings Mallard tied low and sedge like.


Place hook in the vice


Run thread on to opposite barb and catch in tail.Run back up to eye to neaten up.


Run thread back to tail catch in gold wire and then tinsel.


Wind Gold tinsel to form body and catch off.


Tie in cock hackle.


Palmer down body and rib up. Tie in rib and break off excess wire and hackle.


Take your thumbs and rub the hackle fibres on the top of the hook and lay the down flat.


Size up a wing and pinch and loop on.


Trim excess wing.tidy up head and whip finish. Varnish head

Nice SBS, Well done Finished fly looks good
One point, If I may? I would do one less turn of body hackle to try and allow more of the gold body to show through.

__________________
Sean


>>>>>>>MEMBER OF THE S.S.F.D.<<<<<<<<<

Well done Boyo Nice fly and pics.

I agree with seanie on hackle turns. Your photos are excellent though and your tying is very good! Well done with your first SBS! I've been standing back this last week or two, just admiring your passionate interest in the subject. Asking for opinions, wanting to get things just right, posting interesting threads. Well done!

__________________
"Angling may be said to be so like mathematics in that it can never be fully understood" - Izaak Walton

Nice fly. Will try soon.

__________________
A bad day of fishing is better than a good day of work.

Very good RC, thanks.
S.

__________________
"A glint of sun has warmed the air,The flies will soon hatch out, To lure and tempt from their deep lair, The bonnie speckled trout." SKB tackle supporter. I love Furled Leaders.