another tip: thin layer of resin. cure it. black sharpie. then final mound of resin for wing case. cure it no waiting vs nail polish and no nail polish to store.
Well, I whipped up 5 of these after receiving my order from you and fished it today as my dropper. New Jersey fish loved it! Thanks for a great pattern!
Was going to make the exact comment! I have also been eagerly awaiting that one also. He promised “this winter” if I remember right. He may have said this fall, not 100% sure.
Looks like I am not done shopping,have a long list of materials I need to add to my collection that’s ok all my tying equipment is boxed up I got my rod and real about two weeks ago so I’m just hoping to start fishing in mid summer early fall just need to practice to be comfortable and know what I’m doing,don’t want to look like a clown if you know what I mean Devin you have a great day and good luck with your tournaments I look up to you as a professor I’ve learned so much in a short amount of time thank you again
Your hand was a little bit in the way, so I didn't get to see if you applied clear resin over the black nail polish. How did you do that if the nail polish was still wet? Also, I've tried Loon's black resin and Solarez UV cure black resin: both wipe off so easily after days of drying. Is that normal? Or am I doing something wrong? They both seem like terrible products but am interested in hearing other opinions.
Jerrod, I normally tie a full batch to the nail polish stage. When the last one is done, the first one is ready for resin. As for most black resins, they are not good. The one exception I've seen is the new UV Craft that we recently got in the shop. Their clear resin has become my new favorite as well. www.tacticalflyfisher.com/uvcraft-uv-fly-tying-resin/
Hi Devin. When I click the above link for the materials, I get: PAGE NOT FOUND. Perhaps you'll have that go live when the fly premiers on Jan 26, 2022...
The video and the blog post are still hidden. We're waiting on a couple materials to arrive and the video and blog post will be available later this week.
Always curious why everybody doing a perdigon on YT, puts the black wing case on what will be the ventral side of the jig, which is not anatomically correct. Could you explain why you do this?
Chris, here is a blog post I wrote on the subject a few years back that addresses that question. www.tacticalflyfisher.com/blog/wingcases-shellbacks-and-wings-to-invert-or-not-to-invert-that-is-the-question/
so funny i made this same exact fly down to the the semperfly purple perdigone body material about two weeks ago but knowing its one of your patterns i feel confident it will work now lol
Just found your channel recently and love your videos. Keep them coming! Also, I watched your modern nymphing and nymphing elevated and loved those as well.
A sincere thanks for another great tying video, and for a good laugh at the very end! I was just tying up some perdigon's using Semperfli Perdigon Body this morning. First time I have used it, but I really like it. I've been busy tying most of the flies from your excellent book as well.
Nice - as expected from Devin :). Always looking forward to seeing his videos .Book and 3 instructional videos are excellent collection of knowledge of euro nymphing and fishing in general ,highly recommend for anyone who didn’t get these as of yet I’m as well looking forward to more tying videos - squirrel sculpion jig streamer is on short list ,hope you find time to do it soon.
Sead, The streamer tutorial will be up as soon as I'm able to get the multiple orders of materials I'm waiting on for it. Hopefully I'll have it done sometime in February.
Another great tie - thank you. Two quick questions: one, I’ve started putting the black wing-case on the other side ie in the elbow of the eye on a jig hook. This is because it’s going to ride point up, (especially with your excellent inverting beads). Is this foolish? And two, where can I get the 16/0 fluorescent thread? My globrites are a bit coarse for subtle collars. Thanks very much and keep up the great work!
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 Thanks for those! Actually ... just read the wing-case article and it makes sense to me. I was likely overthinking things! So I can go back to wing-cases in the normal position I think.
Hey I was reading tactical fly fishing and read about shin guards for fishing. Do you have any specific recommendations or more info. Had also read they can wear on the fabric of the waders. Also favorite shades for sunglasses. Otherwise book has taught me so much. Thanks for sharing your knowledge
Hunter, I've never had an issue with shin guards wearing on waders. I was using a pair of pads from esoteric tackle in the UK in the book. They lacked padding though. I've switched to a pair of Impact Soft guards from Italy. They also lack padding, so I added some 1/2" closed cell foam to the inside of the pads and they work well. I normally wear yellow lenses year round. Copper would be my second choice.
I’m going to tie a bunch of these up for sure. The buddy reminds me somewhat of how Kevin Compton ties his tungsten torpedo. The love the perdigon tinsel. Currently working on a box with all tagged pheasant tails in various weights and bead sizes so the perdigon tinsel is used for the rib and the fish love them
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 Devin I agree. I use the fl orange as as butt on my quilldigons due to its uv properties but also it makes a really nice looking butano
Hey Devin, thanks for all the info! Great instructions as always. Another fly to add to the fly box. Hey, did you ever do a tutorial on the "Backflop jig"? I think you called it the "squirrel inverted streamer" in the video, Finding Big Browns in the In Between Water, a while back. You caught a really nice brown on it. You were fishing a section of water a person had fished a while with an indicator rig. You caught 3 nice browns in it, the biggest fish of the day was caught on the "Backflop Jig". That fly would be nice in my box as well. Let me know if I missed it. Trying to get the fly box ready for spring. Will be placing an order shortly online for some materials.
Just read all the comments below. I wouldn't have made the comment if I would have read them. I see a few other people are looking for it as well. Sorry for the elaborate comment.
Chuck, It's all good. I'm waiting on several shipments of materials for the Backflop. At least one seems to finally be coming within a few weeks so when I have the materials I'll finish the tutorial and get it up hopefully sometime in February.
I'm getting into tying my own nymphs to better control my sink rates and have been going back through your tying tutorial catalog. Appreciate these immensely! Curious about the bead and hook selection when you tie these and other patterns. When do you choose the jig vs standard hook eye, slotted vs inverting beads, and mixing & matching those for euro nymphing? Cheers!
Patrick, I don't worry much about whether a hook is a jig or not. I try lots of hooks and evaluate them on how they hook and hold fish, whether they bend out or not, and how durable their points are. Some hooks are good in certain sizes but not in others so I match the best hook to the size and type of fly I'm tying. I choose slotted and inverting beads based on weight. The inverting beads are slightly heavier in the same size so they fill in weight gaps.
Most of the black UV resins I have tried end up gray and don't cure well. I just found a new one I am experimenting with that was good on first impression. I will be testing it some more with my next perdigon batch.
I wrote this piece a while back to address that question www.tacticalflyfisher.com/blog/wingcases-shellbacks-and-wings-to-invert-or-not-to-invert-that-is-the-question/
The “Liberty medical” guy Exactly what I thought when I seen the “Diabatis”
I couldn't help it. It had to be included.
another tip: thin layer of resin. cure it. black sharpie. then final mound of resin for wing case. cure it no waiting vs nail polish and no nail polish to store.
Great tip Easier and cleaner
Well, I whipped up 5 of these after receiving my order from you and fished it today as my dropper. New Jersey fish loved it!
Thanks for a great pattern!
Thanks for sharing. I’ve heard a lot of success stories from customers lately. I’m glad you shared the same!
Thank you, I've been looking for a better way to do the wing case. I appreciate you posting this video.
lol that outro tho
I couldn't help it. It had to be done :)
Try with Gulff UV Resin in black... the best black UV resin I have tried... thanks for the video
Definitely a go to pattern 👍
Love it!! But anxiously waiting for a look at the squirrel jig streamer you teased a while back…
Was going to make the exact comment! I have also been eagerly awaiting that one also. He promised “this winter” if I remember right. He may have said this fall, not 100% sure.
I've been waiting on several backorders of materials for the streamer. As soon as we have them, I will post the streamer.
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 awesome! I’ll look forward to it. Winter in northwest Ohio is a bore.
🙌🙌
Very timely. Thank you for the instruction for tying this fly.
Happy tying Dell
Beetus
Can this fly be used under an indicator?
Sure. You can use it with any nymphing method.
🔥
Looks like I am not done shopping,have a long list of materials I need to add to my collection that’s ok all my tying equipment is boxed up I got my rod and real about two weeks ago so I’m just hoping to start fishing in mid summer early fall just need to practice to be comfortable and know what I’m doing,don’t want to look like a clown if you know what I mean Devin you have a great day and good luck with your tournaments I look up to you as a professor I’ve learned so much in a short amount of time thank you again
Glad you've enjoyed our content! Happy Fishing, Devin
Your hand was a little bit in the way, so I didn't get to see if you applied clear resin over the black nail polish. How did you do that if the nail polish was still wet?
Also, I've tried Loon's black resin and Solarez UV cure black resin: both wipe off so easily after days of drying. Is that normal? Or am I doing something wrong? They both seem like terrible products but am interested in hearing other opinions.
Jerrod,
I normally tie a full batch to the nail polish stage. When the last one is done, the first one is ready for resin. As for most black resins, they are not good. The one exception I've seen is the new UV Craft that we recently got in the shop. Their clear resin has become my new favorite as well. www.tacticalflyfisher.com/uvcraft-uv-fly-tying-resin/
Hi Devin. When I click the above link for the materials, I get: PAGE NOT FOUND. Perhaps you'll have that go live when the fly premiers on Jan 26, 2022...
The video and the blog post are still hidden. We're waiting on a couple materials to arrive and the video and blog post will be available later this week.
Always curious why everybody doing a perdigon on YT, puts the black wing case on what will be the ventral side of the jig, which is not anatomically correct. Could you explain why you do this?
Chris, here is a blog post I wrote on the subject a few years back that addresses that question. www.tacticalflyfisher.com/blog/wingcases-shellbacks-and-wings-to-invert-or-not-to-invert-that-is-the-question/
so funny i made this same exact fly down to the the semperfly purple perdigone body material about two weeks ago but knowing its one of your patterns i feel confident it will work now lol
Should do the trick!
Do you think the size makes a big difference ? 16,18,20 ? I feel like once you get this small the difference isn’t to much in the eyes of a fish
I do think it makes a difference but I spend a lot of time fishing hard fished tailwaters where it likely matters more than on other rivers.
Which glasses are those you are wearing at the start of the video? They look perfect for cloudy winter days on the water?
They are Smith glasses with their lowlight lens. We’ll have them in the shop in January.
Just found your channel recently and love your videos. Keep them coming! Also, I watched your modern nymphing and nymphing elevated and loved those as well.
Thanks Doug. Glad you've enjoyed our content.
A sincere thanks for another great tying video, and for a good laugh at the very end! I was just tying up some perdigon's using Semperfli Perdigon Body this morning. First time I have used it, but I really like it. I've been busy tying most of the flies from your excellent book as well.
Happy tying and fishing Jeff.
Nice - as expected from Devin :). Always looking forward to seeing his videos .Book and 3 instructional videos are excellent collection of knowledge of euro nymphing and fishing in general ,highly recommend for anyone who didn’t get these as of yet
I’m as well looking forward to more tying videos - squirrel sculpion jig streamer is on short list ,hope you find time to do it soon.
Sead,
The streamer tutorial will be up as soon as I'm able to get the multiple orders of materials I'm waiting on for it. Hopefully I'll have it done sometime in February.
Do you mainly fish this in a size 20? Regardless if it’s a freestone or a tailwater?
18-20 but I’m sure it would work in larger sizes in plenty of rivers.
The end.....LOL!!!!!!
Hey Devin what are the two best cdl feathers you would recommend for most perdigones?
Any color of pardo or corzuno works fine.
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 So Flor de Escoba ok for all perdigons?
Another great tie - thank you. Two quick questions: one, I’ve started putting the black wing-case on the other side ie in the elbow of the eye on a jig hook. This is because it’s going to ride point up, (especially with your excellent inverting beads). Is this foolish? And two, where can I get the 16/0 fluorescent thread? My globrites are a bit coarse for subtle collars. Thanks very much and keep up the great work!
Here’s a couple links. www.tacticalflyfisher.com/blog/wingcases-shellbacks-and-wings-to-invert-or-not-to-invert-that-is-the-question/
www.tacticalflyfisher.com/veevus-16-0-thread/
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 Thanks for those! Actually ... just read the wing-case article and it makes sense to me. I was likely overthinking things! So I can go back to wing-cases in the normal position I think.
Hey I was reading tactical fly fishing and read about shin guards for fishing. Do you have any specific recommendations or more info. Had also read they can wear on the fabric of the waders. Also favorite shades for sunglasses. Otherwise book has taught me so much. Thanks for sharing your knowledge
Hunter, I've never had an issue with shin guards wearing on waders. I was using a pair of pads from esoteric tackle in the UK in the book. They lacked padding though. I've switched to a pair of Impact Soft guards from Italy. They also lack padding, so I added some 1/2" closed cell foam to the inside of the pads and they work well. I normally wear yellow lenses year round. Copper would be my second choice.
Thanks so much.
I’m going to tie a bunch of these up for sure. The buddy reminds me somewhat of how Kevin Compton ties his tungsten torpedo. The love the perdigon tinsel. Currently working on a box with all tagged pheasant tails in various weights and bead sizes so the perdigon tinsel is used for the rib and the fish love them
The semperfli perdigon body is definitely unique. Their colors and the type of sheen the tinsel creates is different than others I've seen.
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 Devin I agree. I use the fl orange as as butt on my quilldigons due to its uv properties but also it makes a really nice looking butano
Hey Devin, thanks for all the info! Great instructions as always. Another fly to add to the fly box. Hey, did you ever do a tutorial on the "Backflop jig"? I think you called it the "squirrel inverted streamer" in the video, Finding Big Browns in the In Between Water, a while back. You caught a really nice brown on it. You were fishing a section of water a person had fished a while with an indicator rig. You caught 3 nice browns in it, the biggest fish of the day was caught on the "Backflop Jig". That fly would be nice in my box as well. Let me know if I missed it. Trying to get the fly box ready for spring. Will be placing an order shortly online for some materials.
Just read all the comments below. I wouldn't have made the comment if I would have read them. I see a few other people are looking for it as well. Sorry for the elaborate comment.
Chuck,
It's all good. I'm waiting on several shipments of materials for the Backflop. At least one seems to finally be coming within a few weeks so when I have the materials I'll finish the tutorial and get it up hopefully sometime in February.
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 Thanks Devin. Always look forward to your videos!
Very nice! Thank you!
Glad you like it!
I'm getting into tying my own nymphs to better control my sink rates and have been going back through your tying tutorial catalog. Appreciate these immensely!
Curious about the bead and hook selection when you tie these and other patterns. When do you choose the jig vs standard hook eye, slotted vs inverting beads, and mixing & matching those for euro nymphing?
Cheers!
Patrick,
I don't worry much about whether a hook is a jig or not. I try lots of hooks and evaluate them on how they hook and hold fish, whether they bend out or not, and how durable their points are. Some hooks are good in certain sizes but not in others so I match the best hook to the size and type of fly I'm tying. I choose slotted and inverting beads based on weight. The inverting beads are slightly heavier in the same size so they fill in weight gaps.
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 makes sense. Do you do bench testing of hooks or just fish them and see how they hold up?
@@patches152 I fish the. Bench testing shows me pretty much nothing. I want to see how they perform on the water in rocks and on fish.
just curious if you have tried to use black UV resin for the wingcase instead of nail polish and what differences there are
Most of the black UV resins I have tried end up gray and don't cure well. I just found a new one I am experimenting with that was good on first impression. I will be testing it some more with my next perdigon batch.
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 Interesting, thank you
could you share which the new resin you tried?
@@fst96max It's called UV Craft. I will probably be adding it to the shop soon.
Thank you I will have to tie it
Happy tying
With that type of bead isnt the wing case going to be on the bottom now?
I wrote this piece a while back to address that question www.tacticalflyfisher.com/blog/wingcases-shellbacks-and-wings-to-invert-or-not-to-invert-that-is-the-question/
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 Thanks - nice explanation...
@@jeffersonkilpatrick5671 sure thing! Happy tying.
Thank you
Happy tying