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| Fly recipe Hook: Natural Bend Hook (Dai Riki #270) Thread: Orange Flat Wax Nylon Body: Orange or Black Evasote Foam Underwing: Krystal Flash Wing: Thin Packing Foam Overwing: Moose Mane Head: Natural Elk Hair Legs: Black Round Rubberlegs Tying instructions: Step 1: Secure a darning needle in your fly tying vise with the sharp end of the needle in your jaws. Once the needle is secure in place cut a piece of foam about 1/8 of an inch in width and 4 or 5 inches long. Slide the foam over the eye of the needle and fold it back so that the foam folds in half around the needle. Step 2: Attach your thread onto the needle and over the folded over foam piece. You will want to attach the thread so that there is a small segment where you folded the foam. Make several wraps of thread over the foam and whip finish the thread at the same spot. Cut off your thread. Step 3: Reattach your thread onto the needle about a half of an inch in front of the previour wrap and repeat step number two again. Do this as many times as you want. I usually make two of three segments on the foam before I attach it to the hook. Step 4: Once you have the number of segments you like on the extended body, pull off the foam from the needle and remove the needle from the vise. You can pre make numerous bodies before you add the finishing touches to the hook. Step 5: Secure your hook into the vise and attach your thread near the rear of the hook. Grab one of your premade bodies and fold the foam around the hook and secure the foam to the hook with thread wrapped over to make another segment, just as you did on the needle. Step 6: Fold back the two flaps of foam and bring your thread onto the hook shank. Wrap the thread up the hook shank so that you can make another segment of foam. Continue to do this until you are between half and a two thirds of the way up the hook. Once you have reached the stopping point for your body cut off the excess foam and tie it all off. Step 7: Attach several strands of Krystal Flash over the body and extended it just beyond the end of the body. You will want to lay the flash in just like a wing. Step 8: Cut a piece of the thin Packing foam in a oblong teardrop shape, the same shape as the wing on an adult salmonfly that is hanging on a branch. Attach the wing to the hook so that it hangs just beyond the end of the body. Step 9: Clip and stack a clump of Moose Mane and attach it to the hook just as you did the Krystal Flash and the foam wing. The traditional pattern imitates the insect as you would see it hanging on a branch. When you are at this step the wing will probably be a little flared and fluffy looking. If you want it to have a smaller profile on the wing wrap your thread back one segment on your body and bundle all the wing materials togther. Make a soft loop of thread over the wing materials and this will hold all the wings together and give you smaller profile. Once you have the wings binded together advance your thread forward again so that you are back on the hook shank. Step 10: Advance your thread all the way to the eye of the hook and cut a clump of Elk hair to form the Bullet head. Stack the hair in a stacker and measure the hair so that you will have a nice collar of hair when you pull the bullet head back. Push the butt ends of the elk hair over the eye of the hook, with the tips facing forward and secure the clump of Elk Hair to the hook. Wrap thread over the butt ends and cover up the butts so that they do not stick out of the bullet head. If you have a tendacy to get a very small bullet head you can add a bit of foam or dubbing to the hook between the hair and the wing. This will add bulk to the head and make the head larger. Step 11: Wrap your thread back to the point where your wing is tied in and pull back all the elk hair to form a bullet style head on the fly. Wrap your thread over the hair and secure the hair to the hook. Step 12: Attach a rubberleg on each side of the head and whip finish the fly right over top of the rubberlegs and the hair. Trim off any excess hair and cut your legs to equal lenghts. I like to apply a drop of flexible cement over the bullet head to make the fly more durable. Notes: The Rogue Salmonfly has been one of our best selling salmonfly patterns over the past 5 years. This is a great floating fly and the fish really like to eat it. I would recomend that you carry some bushier dry fly patterns for the salmonfly hatch as well because some days the fish like a bug that is fluttering along the surface and the Rogue does not offer the profile of the fluttering stones. Good luck and enjoy the Salmonfly fishing over the next few weeks. |
