Salty BMS

 

This is a inexpensive fly to tie that works well on bream as a specific targeted species or as a second fly fished about a meter above a heavier fly such as a mud prawn or an estuary fly.

Materials

 

Hook Thread Head Body Collar
Gamakatsu SS15/T size #2-6. Clear mono Clear pearl bead Synthetic living fibre Red floss

Process

 

A
  1. Perhaps the most difficult aspect of tying this fly is getting together hooks and beads that actually fit each other. I have chosen the Gamakatsu SS15T hook because it's one of my favourite saltwater hooks but also because it's made of light wire and  that helps when it comes to threading the bead on. The beads I like best are available at about $0.75 a packet of around 20 beads from cheap shops such as Clint's and the Warehouse. Look for pearl beads about half the diameter of the gape of the hook.
  2. Thread a bead onto the shank of the hook. Even with the right hook and bead this can be difficult but with a little  perseverance and a pair of long nose pliers it will happen.

 

B
  1. Wind the thread in touching turns to the bend of the hook.
  2. Tie in a tail of long stands of the body material.
  3. Tie in a strand of the ribbing material.
  4. Form a dubbing loop in the thread about 8 cm long at the bend of the hook and wrap the balance of the thread forward to the bead.

 

C
  1. Lay the body material into the dubbing loop evenly.

 

D
  1. Using your loop tool twist the  dubbing loop and dubbing into a rope.

 

E
  1. Wrap the dubbing rope in touching turns to the bend of the hook, tie it off with the thread and trim the balance.
  2. Wind the ribbing material forward creating 3 or 4 segments, tie it off with the thread and trim the balance.
  3. Tie in a length of red floss directly behind the bead.

 

F
  1. Wrap the red floss around the dressing behind the bead covering the tying off of the dubbing rope and the ribbing material to form a neat collar.
  2. Tie the red floss off with the thread and trim the balance of the floss.
  3. Whip finish behind the bead and trim the thread.

 

G
  1. Cover the collar with clear head cement.
  2. Once the head cement is dry use your bodkin, a needle or a piece of Velcro to pick out the dubbing material to create the desired shape.

 



Last Updated: January 13, 2011
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