Tie in medium silver holo

Tie in 16 strands of glowbrite 9 up the body

Now tie 16 strands of globrite 4 back down the body holding high
The tail is now in place

Tie medium silver or oval tinsel then red cock 1st then black cock both folded
Dub on black seals fur

Body is on

Both hackels have now been palmered together and caught with the wire


Trim the tail ..there you have a clan chief.....sometimes i like trim the tail very short ...half again

Tie in the collar hackle cock or hen i've uesd cock folded ....3 turns

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Stevie

love the clan chief!!!,, and find it in the top 4 of my flies every year ,,,, i like a slimmer profile on my clan chief ,, but everyone to their own ,and I'm sure yours will catch fish too ,,,great stuff keep up the good work.

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dont you just love nature

Good looking fly. good dressing for those windier days. I like it a lot

kf28

Great fly.

I was always taught to tie the "body hackles" in at the head and then palmer them towards the tail and catch in using the silver wire.

Can anyone tell me which way is best.

I've also noticed that you have stripped one side of the hackles - any reason for this?

FJ

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I would normally tie in body hackles at the head, but Stevies way seems to work fine for him.

Jim

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The Fishermans Friend is the Flirty Fly,Fickle Food for Fleeting Fish.

One reason for to put the hackle at the head is to reduce bulk at the bend of the hook with adding in loads of materials.

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Nice tie Stevie.................does it still work well on the Big Loch?

I used to use a silver bodied varient on Leven that worked a few days......


Gus

This fly worked very well on my club loch last season for a number of our members.

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Alright Gus ...sure works on the big water

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When i palmer with a single hackle i start from the head back as normal....when i palmer 2 hackles i start from the tail up and bring the wire up the opposit way......the hackles are not stripped.. they are folded to avoid trapping... i find folding them is better for palmering

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Stevie

That palmering technique is the way Kingsmill-=Moore tied his bumbles. Certainly folding them makes a very tidy body hackle.