Queen of Waters - Wet Fly - Ray Bergman recipe

Amateur tying of a very old fly pattern called "Queen of Waters".
Recipe:
Mustad Wetfly size 8
Palmered Hackle: brown hen (I used a brown edged feather)
Body: orange floss
Wing: Teal or Mallard flank

[@marklord4331]

I've tied this pattern for 40 years. The true secret is using BLACK thread and orange acetate floss. I tie fine gold wire rib in first, then wrap the floss. The hackle ( ginger rooster) is tied in at the eye and wrapped back to the bend and the gold wire is then wrapped forward to secure the hackle. I do use mallard but teal works great too for the wing. The orange floss changes to almost a claret color when wet over the black thread. That is the secret . This fly is amazing.

[@flyanorak]

Thanks Mark for sharing!

[@Loyalist-ul6qm]

Spot on I'm from Scotland home of the wet fly the lad is trying 5or 6 years he will have it down. All the best fae Scotland.

[@torbjornsvensson8093]

Vera nice tyed. God balans.

[@marshallbaldwin8960]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful wet fly. It looks like it’s going to be a fish catcher.

[@dazzyd1964]

excellent floss work:)

[@terryllmonroe6903]

Great tutorial. This fly is a classic and I read about it in a book called Dry Fly in Fast Water when the author was talking about colors to the fish's eye. You have one more subscriber here.

[@flyanorak]

Thank you very much!

[@crestonlaager3216]

I'm also reading LaBranche's book right now. I'm about three-quarters way through it, very enlightening. I see it as a "springboard" to his classic"Ths Salmon and the Dry Fly," which is next on my winter reading list. So happy to see there are other readers out there! It means there's still hope, lol.

[@terryllmonroe6903]

@@crestonlaager3216
Yes! Great book. When he talks about fishing with the King of the Water and caught nothing, the next day he opened his fly wallet and saw that the dye had turned pink. He used the flies anyway and caught many fish. But the argument in that chapter is which is more important to a fish, color or shape? Best chapter in the book I think. Pink turns red in certain stains of water, while red looks brown.

[@TERRYBIGGENDEN]

Old wet flies are fantastic I tie them and fish them all the time. More pleasing tha nymph and they can be worked in the same way.. :-)

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Very nice fly

[@flyanorak]

Thank you.

[@kennethsanders963]

THANX FOR THE PATTERN. I DID SUBSCRIBE AND LOOK FOWARD TO MORE. I've been tying for 50+ yrs. and I have all the material needed . thanx again.ken PS. I use nano silk for thread always .

[@flyanorak]

Thanks Ken. I recently bought my first spool of Nano silk but have yet to try it. Thin thread has advantages but it is also good to learn not to use too many wraps. Since you are 50+ in I think you have earned the right to do whatever you want! 😁

[@jefflien2599]

Thank yu for sharing this , wonderful video.😊

[@flyanorak]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you.

[@dmm3124]

Here is a tip, use a black marker in order to keep using the white thread.

[@flyanorak]

Absolutely! Works great. Thanks.

[@DavidStanleymusic]

that looks like a great wet

[@edstephens9235]

Nice Fly. Why not use black thread for the whole fly?

[@flyanorak]

Great question Ed. The floss is translucent and even more so when wet. That means the color of the thread below it will impact its overall shade. One could use that to their advantage and use black thread to darken the color of the floss. If you want the floss to be the color as is then you need to use white below it. Do the fish care 🤷‍♂️?

[@rhabdob3895]

Ed, when you make your video you can use black thread. Then some jerk will ask you why didn’t you use brown thread. That’s why.

[@darrensnell7556]

Forget what people say about the way you speak thats you and dont change its about the bloody fly

[@flyanorak]

I appreciate that!

[@weenan]

How are these holding up without a tinsel for the hackle?

[@flyanorak]

Do you mean something counter-wrapped to hold in the palmered hackle? I have not really fished this fly enough to really comment on the durability but my guess is even the same color floss counter-wrapped would make it more durable for sure.

[@simonpowell2559]

Keep that hook out of the way,

[@robinred1851]

I gave you a 👍 up for excellent tying and very nice pattern. I will surely try this.
But your spoken comment uuuh was not uuuh very uuuh convincing. Uuuuuuh, you know what I mean.

[@flyanorak]

Sorry for that. I am not a trained speaker. Doing my best :)

[@robinred1851]

@@flyanorak
I know, not everybody is a born speaker. You could prepare a text on paper to your videos and then speak them in after you made the video.
Good luck and tight lines 🎣 from the Čech Republic 🇨🇿.

[@bogus_not_me]

You're fine, and the history is interesting. But you need to·learn to speak without all the "UH..." very distracting.

[@flyanorak]

I hopefully have gotten better if you view any of my newer videos.

[@michaelparker785]

You say um a lot

[@flyanorak]

Um…you are um right.