Saturday, February 18, 2012

Sumukorento



Sumukorento by Jari Laakkonen
Hook: Kamasan 101 #12
Thread: Orange or burnt orange 6/0
Body: 6-8 strands of Pheasant tail main feather. Fasten these from the tip and wind these around the tying thread to form a rope. Tie a segmented body.
Legs: A tiny bunch of natural grey or light brown deer hair on the top of the body.
Wing: A bunch of beige poly yarn. Tie it in so that a part of it is pointing backwards. Tie the hackle in at the root of the foremost wing bunch.
Thorax: Take the tying thread behind the hook eye. Tie in 4-6 strands from the Pheasant tail main feather. Wind strands around the tying thread to form a rope. Tie the rope backwards to form a segmented thorax beyond the foremost wing bud.  
Hackle: Light brown, parachute style. Trim the excess part of poly yarn away and drop a tiny drop of super glue on the stub.
Head: After securing the hackle take the thread to the hook eye and finish the fly.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Potemkin




Potemkin
Hook: Tiemco 2312 #12
Thread: Orange or burnt orange 6/0
Wing: A bunch of beige poly yarn
Body: Darkish orange brown seal dubbing or substitute twisted as a rope. It forms nice segmented body. You can make a mix about couple of suitable colors if needed. End the body 1mm before the point where the wing is fastened. 
Tying wing 1. Take a half of the wing material and bend it back and tie it in. Adjust a little the fastening point to get smoother look.
Tying the hackle: Wind the thread in front of the foremost wing bunch an tie in a light brown rooster hackle  with Klinkhamer style. Leave it standing there.
Thorax: Travel the thread back between the wing material bunches. Dub thinly body material on the thread and cover the root area of the rear wing. Then move the thread with dubbing just behind the hook eye and start to form the thorax backwards with even turns. Cover also the place between the wings. Leave the thread to hang just behind the fore wing.
Hackle: Make a parachute hackle with 3-4 turns of  hackle. Fasten it with following turns of thread. Live the thread to hang there. Adjust the hackle fibres evenly. 
Wing 2: After trimming the hackle bend the foremost wing over the hackle to point backwards. Tie it in carefully over the root of the wing material so that it leaves hackle fibres pointing evenly out. Adjust that point again with your finger nail to make it smoother. Secure it with tiny tiny drop of super glue. Then travel the thread behind the hook eye and finih your fly.


Saturday, February 4, 2012

February Red Nymph



FR nymph
Hook: Tiemco 2312 #12
Thread: Orange or burnt orange 6/0
Tail: Two strands of Golden Pheasant tail fibres
Body: Dark brown, twisted dubbing brush to form segmented body. 
Wing cases: Two Golden Pheasant wing feather prepared with varnish and cut to triangle shape. The back case is not varnished. Just trim the end even and tie in concave side up. This forms finally the back and the head.  
Legs: Golden Pheasant tail feather strands or similar at the same place of the first wing case. Second two pairs tied in at the same place as the second wing case.    
Head: Soft Golden Pheasant brown side feather. This is finally bended over the back and tied in just behind the hook eye. Then the feather is folded backwards and tied in. this forms a little bulkier head.
Feelers: Brown bear, Nutria hair or similar.