Here's a step by step of one of my most productive olive patterns..

Ingredients -

Thread:- Trico 17/0
Hook:- Partridge SLD 16
Tail:- Coq de Leon
Body:- Olive Turkey Biots
Thorax cover:- Black Aerodry
Wings:- 3 CDC plumes
Thorax:- Olive opposum

As always set a hook in the vice and run the thread down to the back end of the hook



Tie in 4 strands of CDL for the tail



Take 4 " of thread and loop around bend of the hook, hold the two ends together. Separate the tails and bring the thread ends up between the tails and lay on top of hook shank, make a few loose wraps of thread secure the thread. Pull the thread to tighten it up and splay the tails.

Preview (Hope "Otter" deosnt mind me pinching his words and a pic from an old SBS?)





Tie in one strand of the Turkey biot by the tip and wrap half way up the hook shank, and tie off




Tie in a small amount of black aerdry to be used as a thorax cover and also to split the CDC wings to come



Take 3 CDC feathers - pull off each side of the feather and place on a flat surface as shown below



Take one of the 'bundles' of cdc, cut any unwanted stalk off the ends and tie in with just a few wraps of silk




Repeat this process 3 time, each time leaving a small gap between each wing



Try and keep the cdc on the top of the hook, as you want the wings to sit up, not flat on the water



To cover up the unsightly thread which is trapping the wings in, dub a small amount of Olive opposum onto the thread (could use anything with the same colour)



By "figure of eight in" the dubbing around the underneath of the fly, going behind and infront of the wings, the thorax should now be created and also it should look alot more pleasing




Once you have created a neat thorax, and ruffed out if necessary, pull the aerodry forward to split the wings




And the finished piece!





Hope that's clear and understandable!

Kieron

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Lovely looking fly

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Around the steel no tortur'd worm shall twine,
No blood of living insect stain my line;
Let me, less cruel, cast feather'd hook,
With pliant rod athwart the pebbled brook,
Silent along the mazy margin stray,
And with fur-wrought fly delude the prey

Lovely looking fly kieron i like the look at that one
Thanks for sharing

good stuff,like them,well done.

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BEST REGARDS,

peter moir.

What a super little pattern. I recently came across that way of splitting tail fibres and thought what a clever way of doing it. Now you have come up with a pattern tp try as well. Great.

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Glad you guys like it!

Loopy - nice to see its given you some inspiration!

Kieron

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Websites: Fishtec | Airflo Fishing

Great SBS Kieron.

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Derek

You looked things over and were not yet beat
Then changed flies again and were ready to repeat
The next try was poor because you rushed the cast
You hold your breath in solemn anticipation
You must be a fly fisherman!

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

Awesome, great sbs. Winner almost everywhere. Thanks

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Like that alot Kieron simple explanation and good tying
Robert

Stunning, simply stunning.
Thanks for taking the time.