This is the Buittle Pig Pen, a pattern of my own that I came up with a few years ago.
I found it very successful in the summer when there was a bit of algae suspended in the water. Coupled with a Red Hot Spot PT on the dropper, it saved many a day for me.
Instructions assume right-handed tyers
HOOK – Traditional Wet Fly 12/14
THREAD – Black
TAIL – Golden Pheasant Tippets.
RIB – Silver Wire
BODY – Dyed Black Pheasant Tail
WING – Amherst Pheasant Tippets
THORAX – Black Midge SLF #16
THORAX COVER – Dyed Black Pheasant Tail
STEP 1
Mount the hook in the vice, attach the thread and wind down, catching in the rib under the shank as you go.
STEP 2
Catch in the Tippets for the tail on top of the shank.
STEP 3
With the first turn of thread back up the body, catch in the body material. Continue winding to the thorax. Apply some varnish to the body wraps
STEP 4
Wind the body material forward and tie off.
Followed by the rib.
STEP 5
Catch in the Amherst Tippets for the wing, they should reach just past the end of the body.
STEP 6
Catch in the thorax cover, tie them in at the butt end, that way when you finish the fly the thinner tip end will be tied in, making a smaller head.
STEP 7
Dub the thorax, I like a small bulbous thorax on this fly.
STEP 8
Pull the thorax cover over and tie off.
STEP 9
Trim the waste, form a neat head, whipfinish and varnish for the completed fly.
This fly was my offering to the “let’s celebrate” fly swap.
Buittle, pronounced Bittle, is the name of my local reservoir back up in Scotland.
Buittle Pig Pen
The tail should of course be level with the body. I shall do another one shortly and put it up.
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