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| Fly recipe Hook: Scud Hook (Dai Riki #135) Size # 20-24 Thread: Black 8/0 Uni Thread Body: Black Turkey Biot or Black Thread Wing: Med Dun CDC Post: Fluorescent Green or Pink Caps Float Vis Hackle: Light Dun Dry Fly Hackle Head: Black Superfine Dubbing Tying instructions: Step 1: Secure your hook in the vise and attach the thread to the hook. Step 2: Once the thread is attached move your thread forward to the front quarter of the hook shank. Take a small strand of the caps float vis and tie it on using a fiqure eight style wrap to secure the float vis to the top of the hook. Once the float vis is secure to the hook pull both sides of the material up and begin forming the parachute post. Use care to not do too many wraps around the base, 6-7 depending upon what size thread you are using, enough to wrap a hackle around. This is a standard way of making a parachute post, if you have questions refer to The Fly Tier's Benchside Reference, the definitive manual for fly tying instructions. Step 3: Now that you have a post for wrapping the hackle bring your thread back to the rear of the hook. Pull off one of the biots, size it to the hook you are using, the further down the feather the larger the biot. Now tie this in tip first. Depending upon your preference for a smooth or segmented body you can tie the biot in up or down. Once the biot is tied in wrap it forward all the way to the post. Secure it on the front side of the post. Or if you prefer a slimmer profile on smaller flies skip the biot and simply wrap a thread body. Step 4: Now that the parachute and biot are attached, its time to tie in the CDC plume. Select a plume, size it so that the wing extends to almost the rear of the fly, this will aid in the flotation of the fly. Tie it in, secure it with minimal amounts of thread, don't be building too large of an area around the post. Step 5: Once the CDC is tied in, it's time for the hackle. The next step is to take a either a hackle from a dry fly neck or a good dry fly saddle and remove several of the fibers at the base of the hackle stem. I like to strip the barbs off to expose about 3/4 to l inch of the bare hackle stem. Tie in the hackle just in front of your parachute post and just behind the post. This will insure that the hackle does not pull out when you go to wrap it around the parachute post. ***Due to the size of this fly, use caution not to use too much thread or dubbing*** Step 6: Once the hackle is in place attach a small amount of dubbing to the thread and cover the rest of the exposed hook with dubbing. You will want to try and make a nice small head up to the eye of the hook. This will help to keep the hackle barbs from pointing downward when you wrap the hackle. Your thread should be right near the hook eye. Step 7: With the thread near the eye of the hook grab your hackle and begin to wrap it towards the top of your parachute post, where you wrapped the thread up the post. I like to have the hackle all the way to the top of the post before the first barbs start to poke out. Once you are at the top make one wrap below the next until you have a nice full hackle around the parachute post. Once the post is hackled bring the hackle in front of the eye of the hook and wrap over it with thread. Pull all the hackle fibers out of the way and make a small head on the fly. Step 8: Whip Finish and apply a drop of head cement to the fly. Trim off the thread and if you prefer add some WaterShed or another floatant product to aid in the floatation. I personally use a little bit of Angling Evolutions Float Spray. Now you have my favorite ultimate midge. Notes: The best fishing with midges I have found is in January and February on warmer days. Having a midge pattern that is visible and is a little meatier than many of its counterparts isn't a bad thing. I tie this in a size 22-24 usually, and it works just fine over on DePuy's and I have also caught fish on the Horn and the Missouri with it. The hi-vis parachute posts really help you to spot the fly and I have never had a problem as some insist with fish "seeing the bright parachute." |
