Go to www.flyanglersonline.com click on flytying, basic. then the part sixteen. I think it will help a lot. Dan Gober ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 11:46 AM Subject: [VFB] Mayfly Wing Dilemma
> Hello everyone > Calling all VFB'ers, Calling all VFB'ers come in, come in, beginner tyer > has Mayfly wing dilemma Can you help???????. CAR 51 CAR 51 come in come > in........ > Howdy Gang, well here it is let me set the stage for the question. > I am currently in Jeff Frye's Mega Mayfly swap and I am tying my own > pattern, I call it a Brown Bomber, it is a cross between a Lucca's foam > Hex spinner, and a Dark Hedrickson, It has the Tail of the foam hex > spinner and body, head and wings of the Dark Hedrickson. I have > everything selected as far as materials go, the material list > is................ > HOOK- #12 Dry fly 94840 > THREAD- 8/0 black > TAIL- 2 pcs. of peccary and foam (painted brown with paint pen) > BODY- Brown dubbing > HACKLE -2 Bicolor hackle black and reddish brown > WING - Died ginger wood dock flank feather > My dilemma has to do with how do I secure the wing or wings on. Do I tye > on 2 separate wings using 2 flanks or split one flank and stand them up. > Also do I tye on the wing first or spin the hackle first. I received a > JPEG from Jim Burbank showing also a single mallard feather cut and > trimmed and tied to stand up. I am really not sure what to do, Any > suggestions?. If I tie 2 wings how on earth do you secure them to stay in > place. I remember a thread last year between Joyce and DonO on this, but > now as I reach 40 that's all I can do is just remember it came up. Ok > enough for now.......... > Scott Crosby.........(Wanna be Mayfly tier) > >
