I have started adding some wings to my Soft-hackles. I knew that if you had a video, it would demonstrate the best way possible to tie a winged wet with the smallest head possible. I am certainly glad I found this video as I have an abundance of Green Wing Teal flank feathers.
Davie McPhail ties a few dabbler style patterns but Hans' style of tying with very few wraps of thread it something I am trying desperately to learn. I spend as much time telling myself to unwrap needless turns as I do putting the needless turns on. I will get it eventually. If I could tie as well as either tyer I would be doing very well. I don't think I have enough years left to get that good. I know I don't have another thirty years to improve. All the best, Sean
Sean, The original Peter Ross has regular GP tippet, where I used hot orange dyed Lady Amherst. Thorax on the original is red seal's fur. It also has the hackle tied in first, either as a beard or a wound collar, and then the teal wing. Cheers, Hans W
Beautiful fly, Hans. You almost always use only one 3-turn whip finish to conclude your flies, not every fly, but most. Do you ever have trouble after a fish or two that the thread becomes unraveled? Do you ever use varnish on your whip finish? Joe
Hans, could you please explain the "variant" because I want to tie the original pattern and there are only two one youtube, yours, and Davie McPhail's dabbler style pattern. All the best, Sean
I have started adding some wings to my Soft-hackles. I knew that if you had a video, it would demonstrate the best way possible to tie a winged wet with the smallest head possible. I am certainly glad I found this video as I have an abundance of Green Wing Teal flank feathers.
Excellent Wayne. Go for it!
Cheers,
Hans W
Excellent looking fly and good tutorial. Thanks
Davie McPhail ties a few dabbler style patterns but Hans' style of tying with very few wraps of thread it something I am trying desperately to learn. I spend as much time telling myself to unwrap needless turns as I do putting the needless turns on. I will get it eventually. If I could tie as well as either tyer I would be doing very well. I don't think I have enough years left to get that good. I know I don't have another thirty years to improve. All the best, Sean
Sean,
The original Peter Ross has regular GP tippet, where I used hot orange dyed Lady Amherst. Thorax on the original is red seal's fur. It also has the hackle tied in first, either as a beard or a wound collar, and then the teal wing.
Cheers,
Hans W
Thank you, Hans.
You're right - even I can handle applying a drop of varnish without instructions!
Joe
Buena mosca Hans. Gracias por mostrarla.
Me gusta mucho como ata. Es uno de mis preferidos.
a great wee fly hans, would u do a few dabblers, cheers davey antrim ,happy wrappings.
Hans a very beatiful fly. Please give the material that you used
Francisco Barros A. Francisco, full recipe in the text under the video.
Cheers, Hans
I think it is a Scottish rather than English pattern. Nice video and pattern though.
Beautiful fly, Hans.
You almost always use only one 3-turn whip finish to conclude your flies, not every fly, but most. Do you ever have trouble after a fish or two that the thread becomes unraveled? Do you ever use varnish on your whip finish?
Joe
Hans, could you please explain the "variant" because I want to tie the original pattern and there are only two one youtube, yours, and Davie McPhail's dabbler style pattern.
All the best, Sean
English fly ?.