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The Tom Jones fly was first tied by John Lanchester for use on Victorian still waters. It has nothing at all to do with the welsh singer by the same name. The original was tied with fur wings and fur body whereas my variant is tied with fur wings but the body has been replaced with peacock herl, which is one of my favourite fly tying materials, and an under-hackle and beard of  brown hackle fibres has been added. They are a good buggy looking fly that work well in both prospecting and polaroiding situations.

See also 'bag fly'.

Materials

Process

A	Wind the thread in touching turns from the 95% position to the bend of the hook. Understanding hooks If you want to add weight just 5 turns of .015mm lead toward the eye of the hook is sufficient. Options to add weight to a fly Tie in a substantial tail of possum fur and bind the butt ends along the top of the hook shank to form an under-body. Trim the possum fur butt ends off horizontally at about the 90% position. Select two peacock herl and tie them in at the front of the under-body. If you hold the herl above the hook as you wind back to the bend of the hook the tied in herl will be neatly positioned on top of the shank of the hook.

B	Form the herl and the thread into a herl rope. Roping peacock herl

C	Wind the herl rope 1/3 of the way up the hook shank. Unwind the herl rope on tie the herl off but do not trim the excess herl.

D	Tie in the first of two wings. Re-form the herl rope.

E	Wind the herl rope forward 2/3 of the way up the hook shank. Tie in a second wing in the same way as the first. Tie in a beard of just a few hackle fibres. Build up a neat head and whip finish. Trim the thread and varnish the head. Neat heads

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