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Spider type flies like the Black and Peacock are very buggy and suggestive flies. Weather being used as a polaroiding fly, a static wet, one of the flies in a team of loch style flies, or a fly to cover rising fish spider type soft hackle flies may be taken as a snail, submerged beetle, drowned terrestrial, diving beetle or even a corixia. Alternatively the fish may just pick them up because of the movement of the soft hackle or the suggestive buggy nature of the overall shape. In any case they are a worthwhile addition to your fly box.
Materials
Hook |
Thread |
Rib(Optional) |
Body |
Legs |
Size 10 to 14 dry fly hook |
Black |
Fine silver wire |
Peacock or Ostrich herl or dubbing |
A couple of turns of oversize black hen hackle |
Process
A |
- Wind the thread in touching turns to the bend of the hook.
- Tie in a length of copper wire if your going to rib the fly.
- Tie in your dubbing material or your peacock herl.
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B |
- Either dub on a plump body of good quality dubbing material along the back 3/4 of the hook shank, or
- Tie in several strands of peacock herl.
- Form the herl into a herl rope.
- Wind the herl rope along the rear 3/4 of the hook shank to form an acorn shaped body.
- Trim the excess herl.
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C |
- If your ribbing the fly wind the copper wire along the body of the fly forming 3 or 4 segments.
- Tie the copper wire off in front of the body and trim the excess copper wire.
- Select a slightly oversize hen hackle and tie it in by the butt and take just 1 to 3 turns of the hackle in front of the body.
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D |
- Tie the hackle off and trim the excess.
- Slide the fingers of your left hand onto the fly from the front gently stroking the hackle fibres backward.
- Build up a neat head of thread.
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E |
- Trim the thread and varnish the head.
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