- Wings for dun flies tied with CDC
Wings for dun flies tied with CDC can be made in different ways. CDC feathers are highly appreciate for dun flies because this material is more appropriate to imitate better insects in dun stage.
The wings can be tied in Fratnic style, practically the simplest way to make them. Also this ... - Tie Better your flies no.2 – biots and herls for bodies
“Tie Better your flies no.2 – biots and herls for bodies” is the second article dedicated for beginners. It is about biots and herls used with great results by some tiers but not so used and appreciated like should be by the mass of fly tiers.
On the market you’ll find different types of biots. ... - Tie Better your flies 1 – tails for dry flies
I decided to start making a short guide based on my experience to be used to all beginner fly tiers. There is a lot of info on web also in books and I’m sure that is nothing new in these articles. probably good photos and better explanations based on my experience will help others to ... - A simple thing
Back to fly tying desk Moving in other country for a period of time and having a second baby is time consuming. I’m very anxious to gout for fishing on river Adda here in Lombardia it is raining a lot and all the rivers from this area are ugly.
So sometime staying in house, go ... - Hot Spots
Usually a hot spot is applied behind the bead or behind the eye of the hook. In rivers with a high nymphing pressure like in Eastern Europe, the classic nymph with a classic hot spot fails. In this situation if the fisherman uses the same pattern with a different position of the hot spot he will ... - Peacock quill – How to use it
When talking about peacock quill everyone thinks about the stripped barbs of the feathers from the peacock’s tail. Everyone expects it to be wide, nicely colored, gradually from white to dark grey, with a glossy look as if it were waxed. The peacock quill is used because it imitates very good the abdominal part of ... - Vosseler Xpert fly tying Tool Clip – how to use it
One material that I like very much to work with is the CDC. On the market you’ll find a lot of tools that help you work with Cul de Canard feathers. I worked with a lot of models and types: PetitJean clips, paper clips,foam blocks etc. but the best seems to be the Vosseler Xpert ... - Increase the visibility for small flies
A simple and very efficient method to increase the visibility for small CDC dry flies tied on #16-22 : adding a small bunch of white CDC barbs in front of the wing.
In certain cases I use yellow or pink instead of white, especially at sunset when the light and the shadows become metallic.
Here is the ...
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