Re: [VFB] 2nd Annual FYAO Gunpowder Fishing excursion

[Mark Wendt]

Joyce,


        the green weenie is reeeeeaaaaaalllly simple...  Size 12 - 14 wet fly hook, up to 2x long, olive, green, or chartreuse chenille.  Bead or no bead.  Tie the chenille on at the bend of the hook, with a length of the chenille equal to the hook shank length over hanging the bend.  Wrap the chenille up, tie off, make a nice little head.  Remove fly from vise, get a Bic lighter or some such, and lightly burn the tip of the tail.

        Red butt.  size 14 - 20 wet fly hook.  Thread - red.  body - 2 strips of peacock herl, and copper wire.  hackle - teal or partridge.  I usually start my thread near the rear of the hook, make a neat little red tag, or butt.  Tie in copper wire, and herl.  Wrap herl up shank, leave enough room for hackle and head.  Wrap copper wire opposite direction over herl.  This really helps keep herl intact, and offers a little bit of copper flash.  Tie in teal or partridge feather on top of hook, front side up.  Stroke fibers out, and wrap once or twice around the hook, make head, tie off.  When you make the head, sweep the hackle back over the body with your fingers, the wrap the thread just slightly up the base of the hackle to make the hackle fibers lay back over the herl body.  The hackle length should be roughly about the length of the hook shank. 


        Sorry, don't have any pictures.  One a 'dese days, gotta buy me a digital camera...

Mark


At 09:28 AM 12/31/2002 -0700, you wrote:

Mark, I'm interested in your red butt and greenie weenie ties..kindly send pattern, pictures if you have them. Joyce