Picric Deer Hair Floater

[albannachxcuileag]

I could not think of a better name for this so it will have to do. I use Klinkhamers and Deer Hair sedges a lot on still water on their own or as an indicator for a nymph or buzzer. I wanted to create something that gave a bit of both and this is the result.

Nothing complicated in the tying but an oddity in the palmered hackle dept.

The Chadwick's substitute came from a materials swap with Klaas, many thanks for this.

 

 

Materials -

 

Hook - Tiemco TMC 200R - not my favourite make for this style

Thread - UTC 70 Denier Rusty Brown

Rib - UTC Brassie Red wire

Abdomen - Poseidon Killer Bug Wool (Chadwick's 477 substitute)

Hackle - Grizzle Cock

Wing - Picric Deer Hair

Thorax - Dark Hare's Ear mix

 

 

Procedure.

 

Step 1.

 

Mount and thread up a hook of choice to the barb area

 

 

Step 2.

 

Tie in the rib on top of the hook shank to keep it slim

 

 

Step 3.

 

Tie in the abdomen wool. The Poseidon substitute comes in 4 ply and I split this down to 2 ply for this tying

 

 

Step 4.

 

Select a hackle with fibres slightly longer than the gape of the hook

 

 

Step 5.

 

Catch in the hackle at the midpoint of the hook shank

 

 

Step 6.

 

Wind on the wool taking it past the hackle trying to avoid trapping any fibres

 

[albannachxcuileag]

Step 7.

 

Palmer the hackle with 4 or 5 turns and tie in

 

 

Step 8.

 

Run the rib up the abdomen in the opposite direction of the wool and hackle and secure

 

 

Step 9.

 

Pull any stray fibres back and secure with thread

 

 

Step 10.

 

Tie in the wing with as little of the stubs sticking out as possible

 

 

Step 11.

 

Trim off any stray ones and return the thread to the base of the wing

 

 

Step 12.

 

Dub on a small amount of dark Hare's Ear mix dubbing

 

 

Step 13.

 

Whip finish and apply a small dab of varnish to the thread avoiding the dubbing to complete the fly

 

[nickt]

simple yet effective. nice