[ScottP]

hook - Dai Riki 075 #12
thread - Danville 6/0 black
tail - golden pheasant tippets
rib - floss red
body - peacock herl
hackle - hen brown
wing - turkey

mash barb, start thread, wrap to bend

measure (gap width past bend) some gp tippets; tie in/trim

tie in rib

tie in some peacock herl; wrap forward, tie off/trim

counterwrap rib; tie off/trim

tie in hackle by tip; wrap, tie off/trim

stroke fibers down/back, cover with thread wraps

prep turkey quill segments (gap width); measure (tips to bend), fold over, tie in

trim butts, whip finish, SHHAN

Regards,
Scott

 

[Steve Saville]

That's a nice, classic looking fly.

 

[meh.meh.meh.meh.meh.]

Scott, question about the mechanics I have often wondered. Do the wing help get the fly down while fished down and across, like the lip on a diver?

Gorgeous fly thanks for sharing.

 

[flybum101]

Looks like a cutthroat killer!

 

[Rob Ast]

Always meant to ask - where do you get your peacock? Mine never looks that good, and never has the nice taper.

 

[FinLuver]

Always meant to ask - where do you get your peacock? Mine never looks that good, and never has the nice taper.

Tapered dubbed or thread underbody.
Twisted herl helps get a fuller look, as well as paying attention to the herl's "lay of the land"... getting it to lay >>>> as such.

Looks like Scott may have wrapped forward, then back a bit, then forward again toward the head.

 

[ScottP]

question about the mechanics I have often wondered. Do the wing help get the fly down while fished down and across, like the lip on a diver?

I don't know; that's an interesting question. Folks have been tying the wings in this style for a long time.

Always meant to ask - where do you get your peacock? Mine never looks that good, and never has the nice taper.

I bought a pack of eyed peacock sticks off Amazon a few years ago; found that the quality of the herl was a lot better than the bagged stuff I was finding in the flyshops. The body on this one was 4 herls, tied in by the tips and just wrapped forward, not twisted; for whatever reason it did come out in a nice taper. I almost hated to rib the body.

Regards,
Scott

 

[Bobbin]

Can also steam the herl before tying in. That gets it to "plump" up. Most herl has been sitting in a package pushed together for a long time and looks little like the herl on the bird. A quick steam can help all feathers.