Orange Twist

Orange Twist

Martin Joergensen

This fly used to be a twist fly like the yellow Twist of Lemon, but it changed and eventually lost the typical twisted body. It has a normal tinsel body and a thorax of peacock herl, but looks much like the Twist of Lemon.

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Martin Joergensen

1. Cover the hook shank with a smooth layer of thread. Let the thread hang down to reach the hook point

2. Tie in a strip of narrow silver tinsel and wind it to reach a point above the point of the barb and back
3. Tie down and cut surplus
4. Tie in a strip of gold tinsel for the rib
5. Cover the tying in point with redd wool
6. Wind the thread forwards, form a smooth foundation of thread for the body
7. Tie in the silver tinsel
8. Wind it to the tag and back in touching turns
9. Cut surplus
10. Tie in 5 strands of peacock herl
11. Wind thread forwards
12. Form a thick thorax from the peacock herl
13. Tie in an orange hackle, tip first and hackle stem upwards
14. Wind the hackle clockwise in wet fly style, folding it over and stroking barbs to the rear of the hook
15. 2-3 turns will suffice depending on the hackle
16. Tie down and cut surplus
17. Form a nice, small head from tying thread
18. Whip finish and varnish