Sail Wing Dun
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Fly: André Brun, Photograph: Hans Weilenmann
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Hook: |
Mustad 94833, or TMC 5230, #10-18 |
| Thread: |
8/0 |
| Tail: |
Nymph colored antron fibers |
| Body: |
Fly-Rite, color as insect |
| Hackle: |
Rooster |
| Wing: |
Gray poly yarn, attached with the Sail Wing technique |
Tying instructions:
- Tie in a small bunch of olive Antron fibers as a trailing shuck.
Dub a tapered abdomen, leaving ample room for the wing, thorax, and hackle.
- Now for the fun part - the Sail Wing technique. A piece of poly yarn
contains much more material than you need, so use your dubbing needle to
split a length of yarn into two or three pieces, according to the size of
the fly. Tie one of the pieces in front of the abdomen, binding it down
with several snug wraps of thread. Raise the forward end of the poly yarn
and make several turns of thread in front of it, propping it upright.
- Tie in the hackle at the rear of the thorax area. Spin some more dubbing
on your thread and dub a tapered thorax on the fly. Make two wraps of
hackle between the wings and three wraps in front. Tie off the feather and
clip the excess. Trim the bottom of the hackle. Gently brush the wing
material and then trim the wing to length and shape. Apply a drop of
cement to the head. If necessary, trim the trailing shuck to length.
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