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Parachute Adams
FLY TYING COMPETITION
Updated 30th October 2005
Fly Number 7 Parachute Adams
Materials Size 10 –14 Hook…size supplied by club
Grey dubbing, body and abdomen,
bunny under fur is good.
Grizzle hackle to size of hook
Coq de Lion for tail
White post material, artificial
Black silk size 8/0
For those tiers lucky enough to be on the net, this will be our fly for November 2005. So you get a sneak peak. All materials will be supplied as per usual. We will be tying on a size 10 or equivalent mainly for demonstration purposes. Tie your own onto size 14 when you have had enough practice. Your tying kit will have a range of hooks from 10 –14 so happy tying. The competition fly is on a size 10!!!!
Harold dropped off the materials to me to set up this tying demo. Whilst Harold is a nice bloke, I really don’t like the idea of tying dries as I am pathetic at tying them. Thanks Harold. All photo’s compliments of Joanna and her new camera. The twins turned 18 today!
Tie in a base of black thread. (On your own flies for personal use, try some dun coloured tying silk.) Tie in some Coq de Lion, curve upwards, point out to back of hook. Cut off excess tip at front using a nice pair of iris scissors. I had to go out and buy these scissors as Chris Myszka has them. Can’t let him have one up on me. And they were expensive to buy even from India.
Thinly weave some grey dubbing onto tying silk. Only use wax if you have to. Tie in a thin abdomen section roughly to the middle of the hook. Tie in post using white artificial thread. Weave tying silk to make post stand straight. Cut off excess post. Some tiers add a drop of glue at this stage.
Carefully select some grizzle feather and strip away crappy part of feather. Tie in the nice tip part and cut off excess base section. Dub on some more grey and form body, under and over post section to cover base completely. Tie off.
Now its time to use those new hackle pliers. Make sure that they have a bit of rubber tip or add bicycle valve. Swiss pliers work O.K. too! Wind hackle around using several turns and tie off at head.
This is an important step so watch your instructor carefully. Tie off at head and use whip finisher to tidy it off. Use hackle guard, add a drop of glue to seal off head. About time you used some of those newly acquired tools.
Now Harolds fly is next to my fly and you guessed it. His is better than mine, but don’t tell him that. A smaller hackle would have been better. This fly will now keep us going till Christmas. A great fly to use for the evening hatched on the Goulburn. Happy tying and look forward to seeing you at the Christmas party.
Steve
PS Don’t forget to bring a gift or two or three for the Christmas hamper.