Tying a Cove Pheasant Tail Nymph
Tying a Cove Pheasant Tail Nymph – as used by famous stillwater nymph angler and author, Arthur Cove, he tied it on large grub hooks ...
Tying a Beacon Beige dry fly
Tying a Beacon Beige dry fly – highly recommended and named by Peter Deane and used as an olive dun imitation, the 'Beige' was ...
Plucking mole fur from a skin
How to pluck out mole fur from a skin so it can be used to touch dub a waxed thread as on the Waterhen ...
Pinch-and-loop for perfect winging
How to use the pinch-and-loop technique to position a wing and other materials exactly in place on the hook-shank. ...
Matching hackle tips as a tail
How to match up and pair hackle tips as a long tail as on saltwater Deceiver, poppers, sliders and tarpon flies. ...
Matching feather-slips for wet fly winging
How to match up and pair wing slips - mallard, teal, starling – for dry fly and wet fly winging on floes such as Wickham's ...
Whip-finishing by hand
How to tie off a fly without using a whip-finish tool, just using your fingers and a twist of your hand. ...
Tying a golden pheasant crest feather tail
How to tie a golden pheasant crest feather tail, so it sits nicely, in proportion, with an upward curve at the rear. ...
Folding a feather wing-slip
How to fold a feather wing-slip – mallard, turkey, grouse – ready for tying in as a wet fly wing. ...