Tying a Golden Olive Bumble Variant with Davie McPhail

Materials Used;
Hook, Fulling Mill Competition Heavyweight size 10
Thread, Uni-8/0 Red
Tail, Golden Pheasant Crest
Rib, Small Oval Gold Tinsel
Body, 2/3 Sunburst 1/3 Olive Seals Fur or Sub
Body Hackle, 2 Barred Ginger Dyed Golden Yellow
Front Hackle Blue Jay
Head Red..

[@ruthcoates9587]

Nice fly. Pretty jay feather too!

[@dezzamollo]

Thanks Davie,just got some blue jay and gonna try your splitting technique
Thanks for sharing

[@grahamwebb3546]

Brilliant looking fly. Got to give that a try.

[@bobbell5265]

Great pattern Davie...I actually found some bumble patterns in an old box which I had tied about 50 years ago

[@Mark-dn9xw]

Another cracking video Davie 👌🏻

[@TheDouglas1962]

Thanks very much for the explanation on the Jay feather treatment I've struggled for years to get the perfect head, great attractor pattern to pull the browns up, cheers Davie

[@lawrencemacd63]

Cracking olive bumble Davie 🐟🎣

[@allanhughes945]

Absolutely amazing davie a very formative video all the best 👌

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Beautiful!

[@jeanyvesstanisiere4585]

Elle est tout simplement magnifique !
Merci

[@aurelienlinnenkamp9885]

Thank you Davie. With your experience I can do the minnow fly than I had never do.Yes ✌

[@dodgeydave21]

Outstanding as always Davie
Well done

[@mikelundrigan2285]

Thanks for the “ split the stem “ tip … can be used for many thick stemmed feathers!

[@donaloflynn3922]

Lovely tied fly Davie - and thanks for the tip on the blue jay feathers.

[@AllanMHutton]

Lovely tying and a style I like to tie too. Great advice regards the preperation of blue jay! 👍

[@pierredollo8485]

Thanks for the info on how to treat a blue jay feather. The colors on this montage sound superb. You surprise us with each new edit. It's absolutely beautiful. Thanks again, I'm learning with each edit.

[@dastgaz]

Fantastic Davie, my favourite top dropper on the laughs and I’ve struggled with stripping the jay feathers for years. I’ve recently started dyeing grey partridge blue and using that but I’ll be trying the hot water method tonight

[@davidtuohy4544]

Beautiful tying 👍

[@mikerenshaw7867]

Beautiful fly Davie!

[@davidbarnes241]

Well there we go, I might have guessed I’ve been doing it wrong. Thanks for the tip on the Jay stripping, seems so obvious now 🫣

[@durhamranger988]

Good tip Davie. It will definitely cut down on bulk at the head of the fly. Thank you for sharing.

[@dryflyman7121]

Thanks Davey. If I had a pound for every one of these I have tied , I’d be a lot better off ! I did this because I found it the most consistent mayfly imitator on Corrib and Mask, when used on the top dropper and well greased up. For this purpose it needs to be a fairly large pattern, even up to a size 8. In the early years on Mask, back in the mid 90s, even using this formula, I found it would sink quite quickly. You have to be able to see it being pulled back through waves/ripple. I resolved this by using the lightest wire hook I could buy, if you use a heavy hook it doesn’t work as well. Also, you have to use the proper natural blue jay feather, imitations liked dyed guinea fowl don’t work. It must be the shade and markings of the blue jay that does it in the different lights. My best trout on Mask with this wonderful fly was 3lb 12oz ! Thanks for the jay feather splitting tip 👍

[@grahamlonergan8964]

Beautiful

[@neilandrew961]

Beautiful fly again davie we going to have a go at the gorgeous George bumble this Thursday at our flytying club this Thursday hopefully looks something like you're one

[@michaeljmckinnon2960]

awesome as always

[@user-mb1hg4qu9f]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@kpike5310]

A good looking fly. In US, the use, and even possession of migratory bird feathers is illegal. Can you suggest a substitute for the
blue jay feathers? Thank you for sharing your tips, and excellent tying skills with us. Many thanks Davie.

[@user-em1fb6xb2u]

Благодарю Вас , Дэви! Класс! Отличная мушка!👍🤝🏻🇰🇿

[@crs1321]

A braw wee beastie Davie. 👍👏🎣

[@DavidDonn]

love it,

[@user-dq1ft6ll2q]

👍💪

[@user-ss7dg8qx3b]

👍

[@kenelliott6458]

Great looking Bumble there mate. Could you tie this one on a smaller salmon hook ? Bet that would be a super looking one . Best Regards from West Virginia, Ken

[@mattwright2964]

That looks a very killing fly.

[@user-sr8gh1me8x]

Великолепно 👍🤝🙋‍♂️

[@moonstarer55]

Another cracker of a fly…..thanks

[@MDgunship]

Sweeeet. Nice pattern. Can you explain how you fish it? Thanks.

[@DavieMcPhail]

Hi MDgunship,
I did a quick search on TH-cam for a video on how to fish these type of flies as I feel it's much easier to show rather than writing it down so I have attached a link to a video which gives you a good idea how these flies are fished..I like the bumble on the top dropper though in a good wave I've fished it on the point of the cast as it's a really good fly so it can fish anywhere on a cast..
All the very best Davie
th-cam.com/video/EAoH3zy7P4k/w-d-xo.html

[@MDgunship]

@@DavieMcPhail Thank you very much. 🙂

[@neillwalker5986]

Hi Davie I know this is an old video but I was wondering if you can tell me how long did you steap the blue jay feather's for and was it warm or boiling water. Thanks in advance

[@freddieboyd3713]

Hi Davie, am right in saying, that only one side of a pair Jay wings can be used for winding? Thanks for the video.

[@marklemieux2015]

Will this method work with other thick stem feathers?

[@tomjonas3391]

Yes, it will. You can add a bit of glycerin to the water, as well. The glycerin will really softens the stem well.

[@dastgaz]

Loughs! Damned auto correct 😂