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I am on my way to Portland for 10 days of swinging flies. Tied this one up for the Sandy. This fly was copied from one I found in my Dads fly box. I am pretty sure he tied it for the Sauk back in the 90s but then it could have been tied for the Dean. Either way it’s got the feel. No set plans for this trip so if anyone has a day off and wants to show me some new water in the Portland area let me know. I will have a drift boat with an open seat.

Colors had nothing to do with Valentines but the do fit.

No name feather wing



Hook: TMC – 2/0
Tag: Fine silver oval tinsel
Tail: GP crest top with tippet
Butt: Pink ostrich herl
Body: rear half orange floss, front hot pink dubbing
Rib: Medium silver tinsel
Hackle: Hot pink through dubbing
Collar: Red Schlappen
Wing: 4 dyed hot pink GP flank feathers
Cheeks: Jungle Cock

Secure the tying thread in at the start of the bend. Insert a length of oval tinsel and wrap the tying thread down the bend securing the tinsel as you go. When the thread in in line with the point (or a little past the point) stop. Don’t wrap the thread back to the bend, just let it hang. Bring the tinsel forward making sure each turn butts against the last. You will be pushing the tying thread forward as you go. Next secure in a crest feather for the tail and top it with a tippet feather. Add a few turns of ostrich hurl for the butt and you are ready to move on to the body.



Wrap the tying thread forward to the mid joint. Secure in the rib and a length of floss. Run the floss down to the tail joint then back to the mid joint and secure.



Secure in the body hackle at the mid joint. You can either strip one side of the hackle off or keep it full. I have tied a few up for the trip and both ways looks good. Dub the body and bring the rib forward making 6 open turns.



Bring the hackle forward making sure all the barbs are flowing back.



Secure in a hackle for the collar. For this fly I tried to match the length of the collar with the length of the barbs on the last turn of the body hackle.



Select 3 or 4 GP flank feathers for the wing. This fly calls for a spooned style wing, meaning all the feather are placed together one on top of the next (spooned) and tied in on the top of the hook. Inserting the stems through the eye of the fly keeps the wing in line when securing in.



Add some cheeks, clip the tag ends and give it a whip



A little bit of head cement and this one is ready for the Sandy.



This fly is quick and easy, not sure where my father got the inspiration for it, but then he was a crazy tyer. Thanks for looking and have fun with this one. Good tying and better fishing.
 
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#5 ·
Lovely pinkie there :cool:, and again superb illustrations of the great SBS - keeps us all on our toes!! ;)

Mike
 
#6 ·
You are creative, I haven't said that before but it fits. Often I don't tie flies because I have more than I could use this year even if I lost two or three every time I went fishing. So I wait out the winters knowing that I'm ready to roll, then I see something like your 'Monthly Challenge' fly and I knock off half a dozen. This pattern here is another that I could find a home for a few of too. Plenty of GP flanks but wondering what dye you used on those babies? Please PM that dye in case I forget to check this thread.

Hope you have a good fishing trip and thanks,

Ard
 
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