birchy Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 How do I know what size biots to pull off for the tail and wings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ÜberFly Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 How do I know what size biots to pull off for the tail and wings? Isn't it "half the size of the gap" Or the size of the gap?! P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 I use about 2/5 shank length for the tail and about 1/2 or a bit longer, shank length for the wings (white). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigbadbrent Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 use the ones you pulled off...hahaha, it doesn't matter man. I like making my tails thicker then my wings...Tie a couple a different ways, see which ones you like more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownstone Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 rule of thumb for most flies is tail should be the size of the hook gap, I make mine a little longer maybe 1.5 time the gap on #16-18 (makes it look "leggy") wings should be the length of the body, or a touch shorter.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birchy Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 Okay.. at some point during the tie I managed to break off one of the tail biots.. and I forgot to put the hackle fibers in! Man.. I get distracted easily!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Din Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 not bad at all. don't worry bout the hackle fibres...pain in the @ss and not worth it, still just a productive without them imo. nice tie(minus it missing one tail!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownstone Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 that'll work for sure, I tie my own pattern called a soda prince, cause it soda looks like a prince, you only gotta fool the fish, don;t worry about the critics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tako Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Beauty. That's all ya need., I stopped tying hackle on mine long ago. Works just as good without it. I would work on cutting down your buildup around the bead next. But you will ALWAYS have buildup on the PN. Here's what I use as a PN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
126barnes Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 I gave up on hackle and folding back and adding fibers for legs on nymph.....................still catching fish......................might be catching more with them..........................but i don't know that now do I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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