|
|
Global FlyFisher. Fly from the pattern database -
All kinds of flies from all over the globeDanish Pastry Fly
Read more about the fly here.
Danish Pastry Fly
| Type | Cold saltwater fly
| Originator
| Martin Joergensen
| Year of origin
| 2001
| Tied by
| Martin Joergensen
| Difficulty
| Easy
| Target species
| Sea trout (sea run)
Steelhead (sea run)
|
Materials
| Hook | Streamer size 4-6 | | Thread | Tan | | Rib | Copper wire | | Body | Camel wool hair (long fibred, tan) | | Hackle | Cree rooster | | Eyes | Bead chain | | Head | Copper wire |
Tying instructions
- Attach the thread in the rear of the hook shank
- Tie in the copper ribbing
- Dub the body to a cylindrical, slender shape
- Prepare a hackle by removing the most webby part
- Tie in a pair of eyes under the hook shank in front of the body. leave space to tie in the hackle
- Tie in the hackle in front of the body behind the eyes, pointing away from yourself, shiny side towards the front of the fly
- Take a couple of hackle turns behind the eyes
- Turn the hackle down the body in 5-6 even turns
- Catch the hackle tip with the copper wire and turn this back up the body to secure the feather
- Continue turning the copper around the eyes in a figure eight movement
- Tie the copper down and trim the excess
- Cut off the hackle tip in the rear of the fly
More stuff to look at on The Global FlyFisher | |
A few random articles for your entertainment
|
|
