Hair

A truly quick and easy pattern to tie with a couple of nifty techniques, that create a wonderful translucency when wet.

The Sunray Shadow in double hook format. An incredibly successful sea trout and salmon fly, especially for fresh run fish.

Wayne Luallen demonstrates how to even the tips of bucktain using a hair stacker and explains a bit about the nature of the hair.

Wayne Luallens shows a couple of types of hair stackers for fly tying, including the closed end hair stacker.

The Moh-Moh (mohair mohican) is a versatile pattern for imitating sedge/caddis pupae.

A few tips to properly stack elk and deer hair by Wayne Luallen.
The lead shear is found here.

Wayne Luallen demonstrates how to tame the sometimes difficult bucktail and get the tips even, just using you hands

Wayne Luallen gives a few tips on selecting and stacking calf tail.

Detailed instructions for tying a Black Bear Green Butt salmon fly.

Materials Used;
Hook, Fulling Mill All-Purpose Medium size 10
Threads, White and Black Uni-8/0
Tail, Dyed Black Pheasant Tail Fibres
Tag, Red Holographic Tinsel

The Optic fly was released by ABU in 1967 as "a streamer of tremendous killing power" - and that label wasn't all wrong.

Materials Used;
Hook, Fulling Mill Magni Double size 6
Thread, Uni-8/0 Yellow and Black
Tag, Oval Copper Tinsel or Wire
Butt, Glo-Brite Flu-Red No.4

Detailed instructions for tying a Less Mess Morrish Mouse.

Tying tip #10. If your Elk Hair Caddis wings tend to slip off the top of the hook where you want them to stay then this tip is for you.

If your divided hair wings are not always evenly divided then this VERY simple tip from the Beattys is for you. It is Tip #2 originally published in Fly Tyer magazine.

This adult caddis pattern with a wood chuck wing and mixed hackle gives a perfect foot print when fished dead drift or stripped across the surface.

Tying the hairwing version of the Blue Charm, this particular version is with a red butt.

The late Fran Betters has created some of the most notable trout flies in the fly tyers arsenal. The Ausable Wulff, Haystack and The Usual are among the famous flies.

Tying the hairwing version of the Thunder and Lightning Atlantic Salmon Fly. One of my favourite wet flies to fish!

Materials Used;
Hook, Fulling Mill All-Purpose size 10
Thread, Uni-8/0 Chartreuse
Tail, Light Olive Grey Squirrel
Rib, Uni-Floss Chartreuse

A Variation of a variation best describes this one. A black wing steelhead fly with a bit of natural flash on a heavy iron salmon hook.

Materials Used;
Hook Alex Jackson Spey size 1.5
Threads, Uni8/0 Pink and Black
Tag, Uni-Tinsel X-Small Oval Silver Tinsel & Uni-Floss Hot Pink

Hairwing Salmon Fly

The Opossum worm. One of the most popular patterns that I am asked to tie at demos and shows.