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Married wing flies are by far my favorite to tie and fish. They do take a little more time and effort but the rewards are grand. I often hear “the fly does not matter.” Nothing could be further from the truth for me. First and foremost I have to have confidence in the fly I am fishing. I then match the fly to the conditions I am faced with. If I feel I have matched the conditions and I am fishing the fly with confidence, I know I am going to hook up. If I don’t, well that’s steelheading. The wing on this fly was built from turkey with a few strips of bustard. Turkey is long, but harder to compress than other materials. For the beginner I would recommend starting out marrying goose shoulder. It may not be as long but it is much easier to work with. Have fun with this one and thanks for looking.
Hook: Alec Jackson 3/0
Tip: Silver small oval tinsel
Tail: Golden Pheasant crest topped with small orange feather
Butt: Dyed orange ostrich herl
Body: Orange and black dubbing in equal parts.
Rib: Flat pearl Mylar and silver oval tinsel
Collar: Black schlappen with one turn of orange guinea
Under wing: two orange saddle hackles
Wing: Turkey
Start the tying thread at the bend of the hook. Secure in a length of oval tinsel. Wrap the tying thread down the bend of the hook, trapping the tinsel as you go. Stop when the thread hangs in line with the point of the hook. Take 3 to 4 turns with the tinsel and secure. Wrap the tying thread back to the start of the bend. The thread work for this move is critical. You are creating the under body for the tag. Any lumps in the thread will be magnified in the floss.
Secure in a length of floss. Wrap the floss down to the tip and return.
Secure in the crest for the tail and top with a small orange feather. To keep this fly in balance I set the tail no longer than the end of the hook.
Secure in a single strand of ostrich herl. Take 4 to 5 turns with the herl and secure.
Wrap the tying thread forward ¼ and secure in the Mylar and oval tinsel. Secure in a length of orange floss and wrap the floss down to the butt trapping the tinsel as you go. Take two turns forward with the floss, leaving a small gap between the butt and the first wrap of dubbing. Using the floss for a dubbing loop, load and spin the orange dubbing.
Wrap the orange dubbing forward and secure. Change to black thread and build a dubbing loop. Load the loop with the black dubbing and give it a spin. Finish of the body and bring the tinsel forward, first the Mylar followed by the oval.
Secure in the schlappen hackle and wrap as a collar, Secure in the guinea and take one turn and secure.
Select two saddle hackles and place them back to back. Work so they have a natural cure, makes it much easier. Clean the waist from the stem. Insert the stems through the eye of the fly and secure.
Build a wing and stick it on the fly, if it were only that easy. Build the wing, gauge to length and while pinching the wing as tight as possible, take one soft turn with the tying thread. Next, pull straight up with the tying thread, while maintain a firm pinch on the wing. Try to fill each barbule compress as you tighten down on the thread.
Hook: Alec Jackson 3/0
Tip: Silver small oval tinsel
Tail: Golden Pheasant crest topped with small orange feather
Butt: Dyed orange ostrich herl
Body: Orange and black dubbing in equal parts.
Rib: Flat pearl Mylar and silver oval tinsel
Collar: Black schlappen with one turn of orange guinea
Under wing: two orange saddle hackles
Wing: Turkey
Start the tying thread at the bend of the hook. Secure in a length of oval tinsel. Wrap the tying thread down the bend of the hook, trapping the tinsel as you go. Stop when the thread hangs in line with the point of the hook. Take 3 to 4 turns with the tinsel and secure. Wrap the tying thread back to the start of the bend. The thread work for this move is critical. You are creating the under body for the tag. Any lumps in the thread will be magnified in the floss.
Secure in a length of floss. Wrap the floss down to the tip and return.
Secure in the crest for the tail and top with a small orange feather. To keep this fly in balance I set the tail no longer than the end of the hook.
Secure in a single strand of ostrich herl. Take 4 to 5 turns with the herl and secure.
Wrap the tying thread forward ¼ and secure in the Mylar and oval tinsel. Secure in a length of orange floss and wrap the floss down to the butt trapping the tinsel as you go. Take two turns forward with the floss, leaving a small gap between the butt and the first wrap of dubbing. Using the floss for a dubbing loop, load and spin the orange dubbing.
Wrap the orange dubbing forward and secure. Change to black thread and build a dubbing loop. Load the loop with the black dubbing and give it a spin. Finish of the body and bring the tinsel forward, first the Mylar followed by the oval.
Secure in the schlappen hackle and wrap as a collar, Secure in the guinea and take one turn and secure.
Select two saddle hackles and place them back to back. Work so they have a natural cure, makes it much easier. Clean the waist from the stem. Insert the stems through the eye of the fly and secure.
Build a wing and stick it on the fly, if it were only that easy. Build the wing, gauge to length and while pinching the wing as tight as possible, take one soft turn with the tying thread. Next, pull straight up with the tying thread, while maintain a firm pinch on the wing. Try to fill each barbule compress as you tighten down on the thread.
