tieing a flatwing

[stripercrazy]

I'm a tier thats not expanded much, maybe 3-4 flys and I was wondering what the best way to tie a flatwing tail-body-wing? how many feathers first one up. 2 up/2down. I'm lost thanks ed..

[Penguin]

Call the S\\'E shop and order "Striper Moon" and/or "A Perfect Fish"...
You'll be way ahead of the cerebral power curve and have no regrets!

If you ever have the profound opportunity to see Joe tye...that's the frosting on the flatwing cake!

[Todd B]

SC, go on stripermoon.com and go to the fly tying archive. Find the east coast ghost. Thier is a nice step by step with pics that should give you a good feel for tying a flatwing. Larger ones wich are my favorite are simply going to be adding more feathers in the tail that get progressivley longer.

[stripercrazy]

good avice thanks forgot about that site

[cchobot]

Hi guys, some resources...

Stripermoon:
Ken Abrames' Striper Moon: Fly Tying Feature Archive: Three-Feather Flatwings

Ken again on flyfisherman.com
How to tie flatwings, by Ken Abrames

Artical by Mike Figoli
Rhody Flat Wing

Hope these help...

[stripercrazy]

great info ed

[Adrian]

SC (Ed?), you might have already found this bt the Stripermoon gang are holding weekly tying sessions on Tuesday evenings in Charlestown.

[Joe Cordeiro]

Penguin,

Thanks for the invite >>>> . What kind do we need to tie to get a nice Prime Rib dinner??
Tie One On !

[FishHawk]

Has anyone tried tying a Flatwing with wider hackles to give the fly a wider profile? I think that I'll try one and see what happens. FishHawk

[Joe Cordeiro]

In the Monomoy special I'm tying for the swap uses a wide "Silver Doctor " feather , I see this wider feather enhacing the color combination of the bright yellow and white. WIder feathers ion the flat will give a wider profile but adds to more color and or significant lateral line. I like to add when I want to make profile for the body leading in to the tail feathers.

Hope this helps !

Tie One On !