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PART 2 – Tying the fly. STEP 1 Attach the thread and wrap well round the bend. STEP 2 Tie in the CDC feather at the butt end as shown, with one turn of thread. Then pull the CDC feather till it is trapped near the tip. STEP 3 Take the thread up to the shoulder, then twist the CDC into a rope. Don’t twist it too tight or you will snap the stem. STEP 4 Wrap the CDC feather to form the body, if necessary give the CDC more twists as you go to keep it tight. STEP 5 Tie off and trim the CDC butt. Then trim the body, being careful you don’t trim too close and cut through the stem. STEP 6 Split your thread and insert the CDC for the wing post. Then give your bobbin a spin to make a CDC rope. STEP 7 Wrap the CDC, each turn goes directly on top of the previous one. STEP 8 Stroke all the CDC fibres upwards and then make a few figure of eight wraps to secure the wing post in position.

PART 1b – Preparing the CDC for the hackle. The start of this process is as above, only this time you are using two CDC feathers. Stroke the fibres out at 90° to the stem then place one feather on top of the other and push them both into the clamp together, finally trim the butts and tips as above. Again, as above, trim the stems off. Transfer the trimmed CDC to another clip. You will now have the untrimmed side exposed. Take your scissors and trim a straight edge and to the correct length for the fly. That’s your wing post and hackle now ready. I know it looks long winded, but it’s actually a fairly quick and very easy process.

Just put this one up on ukflydressing and thought some of you might find it interesting..... OK, a bit of a photographic handful this one. Don’t let the number of pics put you off, it’s actually a very easy fly to tie. I’ve used the Marc Petitjean Magic Tool, but if you don’t have one you can use some foam with a slit cut in it and some bulldog clips. Alter the colours of CDC used to suit, here I’ve used Olive CDC for the body, Yellow CDC for the wing post and Old Yellow CDC for the “parachute” hackle. As you will see the “hackle” is not wrapped parachute style, but it gives the appearance of a parachute hackle. The CDC used is the Marc Petitjean dyed CDC, normal CDC is not really suitable for this fly. I’ve split this into two parts. The first part deals with preparing the wing and hackle. The second part deals with tying the fly. Instructions assume right-handed tyers. HOOK – Kamasan B100 #14 THREAD – Grey Roman Moser Power Silk BODY – CDC WING POST – CDC “HACKLE” – CDC PART 1a – Preparing the CDC for the wing post. For this fly you will need one CDC feather for the body, one CDC feather for the wing post and two CDC feathers for the hackle (one on smaller flies) First stroke the fibres out to 90° to the stem. Then grip the tip and butt and push it into the clamp. Trip the protruding butt and tip. Then transfer it to the other clip Finally trim the stem off. Leaving you with the CDC ready to use.

The rest of them. Klinkhamer Magic Hammer Olive clipped hackle Griffiths Gnat Oliver Edwards CDC Dun Usual Snowshoe Midge Cluster

Thought some of you might like a little look at some flies I donated to this auction.. http://www.flyforums.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=30 CDC & Elk Deer Hair Emerger Sparkle Dun CDC Split Wing Dun Cullard C & C Midge

I would normally advise against kits, but at the price quoted I don't think you can go wrong. Boy are you in for a shock. Once the obsession kicks in you will spend more money on fur, feather and flash than you ever would on buying flies!

Glenmorangie or Glenlivet are my favourite Scottish whiskies. Mellow and oh so smooooooooth. http://www.glenmorangie.com/ http://www.glenlivet.com/ Though my drink of choice is Southern Comfort.

LAW bench vise http://www.danica.com/flytier/law/law_bv.htm

Really, really young ( in a mature way) and very brogue. I'd offer to take you out one evening to let you see, but Mrs scotfly would kill me! So I'm afraid you'll just have to think about what might have been.. Try not to get too depressed.

This is one I tied for a swap on another board. pretty easy to tie. I gave one to a friend who caught a 3lb + Brownie on it first chuck. There's a step by step on how to tie it here.... http://flytyingworld.proboards62.com/index...read=1179702359

I don't know about the fishing pressure over there, but on this small isle it is common to find the fish becoming wary of flies with gold beads on them. So often black is the way to go.

Got the makings of a good swap this. Don't worry if you don't think your flies are up to scratch, they're bound to look good next to mine! Now, who's up for a Bergman wet?

People of Calgary, first let me apologise for I had not realised until this morning that two of the natives had escaped. Please do not think that this pair of ruffians are indicative of the general population this side of the pond. Most are rather quieter and more sensible, rather like me really. Second. let me say hello. I've had a look round the board and you look like a talented and knowledgeable group of guy and gals, so I hope you don't mind if this Scottish youngster joins the fun. Hopefully I'll learn a lot from you.