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AKA: Feather slip wings - wet fly.
Feather slips for use as wings for a wet fly are most often taken from duck feathers but other feathers such as turkey and pheasant etc. are also used. The best feathers tend to be the secondary flight feathers as the primary feathers have much thicker barbules that can be difficult to tie in. Feather slip wings should be as wide as half the gape of the hook to three quarters of the gape of the hook, be symmetrically positioned above the hook with the wings separated by an angle of between 5 and 10 degrees and about 1.25 times the length of the hook.
I like to paint the whole feather with a light coat of soft coat or nail varnish prior to cutting any wing slips for either wet or dry flies.
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Last Updated: January 9, 2011
Author: StephenChatterton
Author: StephenChatterton
Categories: Free fly tying