Hot tie the Bionic Ant for Fly Fishing.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มิ.ย. 2020
- Hook: Hanak H130BL #14
Thread: Semperfli 12/0 Black
Body: Bionic Foam Cylinder (Black/White)
Wing: Fish On Ultra Dry Yarn Cinnamon (Lt. Orange)
Legs: Veniard Centipede Legs Mini Speckled Brown
Hackle: Cock Cape Brown/Ginger
Big foam ants or terrestrial patterns are something that has been used in the US and other forgiven shores to great effect. Not so popular in the UK we are much more conservative with our ant patterns!
I was shown this by Ben Worley of Upavon Fly Fishing upavonflyfishing.co.uk the man behind the Bionic foam blocks. He has reported that it has been deadly down on the Wiltshire Avon. This is a river I spend a lot of time on so I have whittled these up from #16 up to #10. I am sure they are going to do a turn. - กีฬา
Great video Lindsay thanks for sharing
No problem 😊
Great tie thank you
You’re welcome 😊
Geez Lindsay thanks! After tying for fifty years this makes about the tenth time I thought I had everything anyone could possibly need. Especially after my last shopping spree! Now I need a block of foam and a tool for my drill! What kind of a man does this?! I ask you! I have to get my wife a job so she isn't here when the mail arrives!!!
Very nice pattern by the way!
You made me chuckle pal.
😂😂
Yep , me to I gotta get me one a those rigs , they come in a set yeah? That's a nice fly , looks like a big carpenter ant , otta work good close to wooded bank, thank sir another nice fly.👍
@@wansak2977 I think Fly Fish Food in the US are stocking the Upavon stuff.
@Robert Pelletier I started tying in 1969 when I was twelve. At the time I had been given a kit which back then had a pressed steel vise, a Bodkin with a half hitch tool, a pair of scissors which I may still have, but that was it.
So it was years before I realized that there were Bobbins! I eventually Bought Helen Shaw's book about Tying Flies and Helen never used a Bobbin so I still didn't know there was such a tool.
When I finally realized they existed k immediately bought three. If you know who Helen Shaw is/was? You know her flies were good! For me with giant hands ( you should be glad I'm not your Proctologist!) Tying with thread and no Bobbin, very difficult, I almost quit.
But where I am going with this is that I think I was like a starving person who finds food, I have to have it all so I can never run out I remember my first genetic hackle, pre internet, once you tie with good stuff you never go back, so I have become a collector. Forty Saddles, 35 Capes my wife has no idea. Honestly you are so right, we never have enough or "Everything!" Do you have any one particular tool you find yourself collecting more of than you will ever use? For me it is scissors, no idea why. It took me years to find the ones I like now I own twelve pairs plus another six varied types. Help!! 😂😂🤪
That's great!!! Another ant to add to my box. There are never enough patterns to please those persnickety trout. A suggestion and a question, please... To keep those legs, etc. out of your way, here's something that I've learned from a fellow fly tyer. From your local craft shop, purchase some miniature clothes pins and clip those legs to the post while you finish-up the fly. Works great. Would it be possible to show us what, if anything, you do with the leftover hackle pieces after you have finished your projects. I have saved the useful sections and created several I amaginative flies. Very therapeutic. Also, the fuzzy ends I use for dubbing. Thank you.
Thanks Louis, that is a great tip with the close pegs I know the ones you mean. I must get some. The waste hackle I often use for tails or throat hackles. Never thought to use the fluffy bits for dubbing, might give it a go.
And that’s why I don’t bother with legs 😂
I will let you know if the effort was worth it!
@Davey123 It sure did a turn pal, tying up more in different colours.
@Davey123 Purple and Tan I think.
Upavon ? Sorry , this ol Indian never heard that word before lol.
Hi Wan, its a small village in Wiltshire, England. The river Avon runs through it.