We continue our series of tube flies tied in the Scandinavian style. This fly is another subdued yellow, white and gray fly, well suited for bright light and clear water. It uses a mallard hackle to create a nice, closed shape.
Hackling a tube fly with mallard is a great way of finishing it. The long mallard fibers will not only give it a great speckled veil, but also gather the rest of the fly in the water when the fibers sweep along the body and wing of the fly.
The Dirty White uses discrete and light colors combined with a natural light gray mallard front hackle to obtain a subdued but still nice appearance. The combination of yellow, white and light gray makes it a fine fly for bright conditions in clear water.
Danish fly tyer Ken Bonde Larsen has again utilized the winging technique where the wing is tied in in sections separated by flash. Since we want a fly, which is slender and torpedo-shaped there is no hackle between the sections to lift the wing, just a body hackle to add some volume to the rear of the fly.
This fly has a silver metal cone mounted, but you can omit that and tie a plain head or substitute it for a plastic cone or dish where weight is not allowed.
Step 1 - the tube |
Step 2 - the tail |
Step 3 - folded tail |
Step 4 - trim the tail |
Step 5 - ribbing |
Step 6 - flat tinsel |
Step 7 - varnish |
Step 8 - tag |
Step 9 - body |
Step 10 - tease out body |
Step 11 - hackle |
Step 12 - wrap the hackle |
Step 13 - start the rib |
Step 14 - watch the hackle |
Step 15 - trim hackle |
Step 16 - wing flash |
Step 17 - first wing section |
Step 18 - first wing section |
Step 19 - flash |
Step 20 - fold back |
Step 21 - trim the flash |
Step 22 - second wing section |
Step 23 - tie down |
Step 24 - trim the butts |
Step 25 - jungle cock |
Step 26 - JC tied in |
Step 27 - symmetry |
Step 28 - front hackle |
Step 29 - wrap the hackle |
Step 30 - hackle done |
Step 31 - cone |
Step 32 - meltdown |
Step 33 - be rough! |
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