Artificial flies are popular with fishermen due to their low cost and efficiency. With a correctly made fly, the fish is unlikely to come off. In specialized stores, factory-made baits are sold, including those of foreign production, but many anglers prefer to make flies at home.
It is necessary
- - nylon tape
- - scissors
- - fishing hook
- - cotton threads
- - woolen fabric
- - needle
- - horse hair
Instructions
Step 1
Choose the method with which you will make the front sight. The simplest option available to every beginner is a piece of nylon tape attached to a double. For such a fly, take a double (a hook with two branched points), a piece of nylon tape 5 - 7 cm wide and up to 5 cm long. Step back from the edge of the tape by 2 cm and split it down into fibers, removing the transverse threads using sharp nail scissors or needles. Then roll the resulting piece of ribbon with a fringe at the bottom into a tube in the width and with a thread of the same color as the ribbon, tie it to the double.
Step 2
Try making a crocheted fly using thread, wool, and horsehair. Take a crochet hook, a piece of wool, and a cotton thread. Press the wool against the hook and start winding the material with the thread, moving from the bend (fold of the hook) to its eye (base). After tight winding, which forms the body of the fly, make a loop out of the thread with a loop in the eyelet, cut off the tip.
Step 3
Wind a separate layer of thread around the eyelet itself, depicting the head of the fly. Use a needle: thread into it and form a head, each time passing the needle and thread through the eye of the hook so that the thread does not slip. Sew the head once, without winding layer by layer.
Step 4
Simulate the antennae and legs of the fly using horsehair. Pass it through the needle and pierce the body of the fly with the needle in the right places so that the tips of the horsehair stick out, creating the illusion of the limbs of the fly. Singe the tips of the antennae, tail and paws with a lighted match to make them lighter and thicker. After finishing work, wash the front sight in warm water.
Step 5
Please note that a lot depends on the colors of the fabric and thread from which you make the front sight. Experienced fishermen say that perch are more likely to bite on pink or blue fly, pike - on red. Bright orange and burgundy flies are considered universal; they attract the attention of fish. Try using red wool and yellow winding threads for knitted flies to create the illusion of an iridescent fly in the water.
