What to tie and need help with woolys

[Lbifisherman429]

I am fairly new at tying and i was wondering if you can suggest patterns

also what materials are good to work with?



Can someone explain to me how to tie a wooly bugger and whhat materials are needed

[E-Z MURF]

The Wolly Bugger is a great fly to start off with because it teaches you a couple different techniques. I'll try to briefly walk you through it.

1. Wind some lead onto the hook roughly 1/3 the hook shank back from the eye. Tie your thread onto the hook shank, secure the lead and wind rearward stopping above the hook barb.

2. Tie on some Marabou, not too much because you want it to "breath". It should be about 1/2 to 3/4 as long as your hook shank. Try to secure the Marabou at about the same spot, over the barb.

3. Tie in a length of Chenille, then tie in a hackle by the tip of the feather. This will give a nice tapered look to your fly when finished. Try to tie all materials in at the same spot (above the barb). Bring your thread forward stopping just behind the hook eye.

4. Wind chenille forward, covering the shank. Secure it about 2 eye lengths behind the eye, this will allow enough room to tie off your hackle and make a nice neat head.

5. Wind the hackle in such a manner that allow's enough space between wraps to allow the hackle barbs to "breath", this is called "Palmering". The hackle will naturaly find the grove between the chenille wraps which act like a spacer.

(A good way to learn this technique is to put a large wood screw on your bench and use it for reference when palmering your first bugger, pretend your trying to wind the hackle in between the groves on the wood screw)

6. Secure the hackle in front of the chenille and tie off with a whip finish or a couple half hitches. (If you properly choose your hackle, it should be just long enough to finish your last couple of palmered wraps with the webby part of the feather) Make 1-2 turns of hackle in front of the chenille (behind the hook eye) to complete the palmering. (Make sure you leave enough room to secure the hackle and tie off)

Cement head and your done.

That's how a Wolly Bugger is tied.

Surf the net, there are plenty of instructional sites out there with step by step instructions on gazillions of patterns.

So much for "briefly"

That's all,

E-Z MURF

[boogieman]

check this web site for the you tube videos! Get the book essential saltwater flies from the shop or go to aswf.org for great patterns...to bad you missed the classes Capt. Corey put on this winter ...I know I learned alot

[Lbifisherman429]

EZ
Do i wrap the thread over the lead wire?

[E-Z MURF]

Yes, anytime the term "secure" is used in fly tying instructions, assume that you should wrap your thread around it, locking it in place. Sometimes the terms "tie down" or "scinch" are used as well.

I hope that helps,

E-Z MURF

[Lbifisherman429]

any other patterns worth tying

[E-Z MURF]

It all depends on what your tyring to achieve.

If you are really trying to learn to tie, then yes there are many other patterns which you should become familiar with because each will teach you different techniques.

If however you are just trying to tie a few patterns that catch fish, then that's a different story. There are a handfull of patterns for both fresh and salt that will consistantly catch fish and a few that will work in both waters.

It's also important to know if you want to tie fresh water or salt water flys.

You might also consider attending a few club meetings like United Fly Tyers of Rhode Island or The Rhody Fly Rodders. The Narragansette Chapter Trout Unlimited used to give fly tying classes but I am unsure if they still do. There are also several fly shops that offer tying classes as well.

Good luck on your fly tying venture.

E-Z Murf

[Lbifisherman429]

I am just trying to tie to get techniques down

i usally fish salt but a few fresh water are not bad

if you have a few names i can look up the patterns


also what is your material used for?

[E-Z MURF]

If your trying to learn a few key techniques which will help you to become proficiant at tying. I can make a few suggestions for salt and fresh water flies that will get you well on your way to both tying and catching.

First a few salt patterns:
The Clouser Deep Minnow (Bob Clouser)
Ray's Fly (see SWE You Tube video)
Rhody Flatwing (see SWE You Tube video)
Bonito Bunny (Jamie Boyle)
Slab & Snake Fly (Lou Tabory)
Peanut Mushy (Dave Skok)
Lefty's Deceiver (Lefty Kreh)
The Gurgler (Jack Gartside)



Fresh Water:
Wooly Bugger
Hares Ear Nymph
Micky Finn
Adams
Elk Hair Caddis
Soft Hackle
Hornberg
Muddler Minnow

Cross Over Fly's for Salt and Fresh Water:
The Clouser Deep Minnow
Zonker
The Gurgler
Bonito Bunny
Pencil Popper

If you spend some time and learn to tie most of these patterns, you will learn most of the techniques necessary to tie almost any pattern.

You asked about my materials, you need to go to E-Z BODY products, Fly Tying's #1 Tubing! and see for yourself. Check out the Photo Gallery pages, click on the thumbnails to get tips and instruction.

Have fun,

Murf

[BIRI]

Be careful what you ask for ..... if you have the time, here's a lifetime of ideas to build from .... try to imagine life before the internet !!!

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