Single Feather Mayfly

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This fly has the curious distinction of being dressed with a single feather for the tails, overbody and wings. Hey wait a minute!!! It's called a Single Feather Mayfly DOH!!!!

 

Tying Materials

 

Hook: Gamakatsu Executive 110 Size 12 Barbless

Thread: Yellow UTC70

Rib: Fine silver wire

Dubbing: Cream yellow seals fur or subs

Tails / overbody / wing: Yellow dyed mallard feather

Hackle: Badger cock hackle

 

The Tying

 

Step 1: Secure the hook in the vice with the point protruding and catch in the yellow thread.

 

Step 2: Catch in a length of fine round silver wire.

 

Step 3: Wind the thread to the rear of the hook going past a point opposite the to the hook point.

 

Step 4: Pinch a small amount of cream yellow dubbing material.

 

Step 5: Form a fine dubbing rope by adding small amounts of dubbing material.

 

Step 6: Form a body by winding the rope to a point behind the eye. Stop quite short as there needs to be an allowance for both wings and throat hackle.

 

Step 7: Use the silver wire in open turns to form a rib. At the eye tie in and 'burn off' waste wire. This is done by circling the wire end until it breaks at the intersection of the tying thread.

 

Step 8: Select a yellow dyed mallard feather with quite long fibres.

 

Step 9: Prepare the feather by removing the downy fibres from the base of the stalk.

 

Step 10: From about 1/3rd from the end of the feather ease back the fibres against their natural bias.

 

POSTING CONTINUES IN PART 2 OF THREAD

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Single Feather Mayfly Part 2

 

Step 11: Cut a 'V' profile into the remaining 1/3rd of the fibres to form tails.

 

Step 12: Tie in the mallard feather after once again stroking back the fibres. Take care when judging the overbody length. With a little practise this will become much easier to gauge. Stroke the remaining fibres forward. these will later become the wings.

 

Step 13: Select a badger coloured cock hackle.

 

Step 14: The hackle fibres should measure approximate 1 to 1-1/2 times the gape of the hook

 

Step 15: Tie in the badger hackle

 

Step 16: Wind the feather as a throat hackle.

 

Step 17: Split the forward fibres using ' figure of 8' turns to form a pair of wings.

 

Step 18: Trim the wings to the correct length ensuring that the fly is in correct proportion.

 

Step 19: Fix the wings into final fixed position with a couple of turns of thread.

 

TYING CONTINUES IN PART 3

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Single Feather Mayfly Part 3

 

Step 20: Do not worry if wings split slightly. There is no overall adverse effect.

 

Step 21: Whip finish and apply a small amount of varnish to seal the head

 

Step 22: Ugly little sod but it's mine all mine

[Flytyer]

Great looking fly with a rather unique method of tying wings. Great sbs Tupps.

[fishead]

Great pictures, that really helps rookies like me.

 

Thannx

[SanJuanWorm]

That is awesome .

[albannachxcuileag]

I warned you all previously, that man Tupps is a wolf in sheep's clothing!

 

One mean tyer!