March Brown Spider

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This is my own twisted angle on a traditional pattern. I hope that you can all make sense of it and that it proves useful.

 

Tying Materials

 

Hook: size 16 heavy gauge wet fly hook - I prefer this style of hook because the hackle can cause the fly to hold up high in water and the heavier hook will counter this.

Thread: Black UTC70

Body: 2 Centre tail fibres from a cock pheasant centre tail.

Rib: Fine round silver wire.

Hackle: Short feather from a hen pheasant wing.

 

Step 1: Secure the hook in the vice with the point protruding.

 

Step 2: Catch in the thread and trim waste end.

 

Step 3: Catch in fine silver wire and wind the thread back to the bend of the hook.

 

Step 4: Select a cock pheasant centre tail feather. Mine is quite heavily used.

 

Step 5: Select 2 barbs from the cock pheasant centre tail.

 

Step 6: Tie in the 2 barbs from the centre tail.

 

Step 7: Wind the pheasant tail barbs to form the body.

 

Step 8: Make 2 or 3 tight turns of silver wire to form a tag then use open turns to form a rib.

 

This tying continues in next thread

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Part 2 of 2 part step by step

 

Step 9: Burn off waste wire end.

 

Step 10: Select a short feather from a hen pheasant wing.

 

Step 11; Prepare the feather by removing the fibres from the bottom end.

 

Step 12: Tie in the feather.

 

Step 13: Wind the feather to form a collar hackle.

 

Step 14: Ease back the hackle so that it flows slightly back towards the hook point.

 

Step 15: Whip finish and trim off thread.

 

Step 16; Apply a small spot of clear varnish to seal the head.

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I think all of the patterns I have seen call for dubbed natural haresear. This is more along the pheasant tail nymph lines. Thanks for the pictorial!