Knitting fishing flies is a rather fun process, during which fishermen can show all their imagination and create exact copies of various insects. Unfortunately, the ability to make flies is not given to everyone, but those who nevertheless managed to master this technique can rightfully consider themselves aces in fishing.
Instructions
Step 1
To make a "dry" fly, take a small piece of pine bark, or Styrofoam and a bunch of wool. From these materials, make a blank that will visually repeat the shape of the insect's abdomen. Make a longitudinal cut in it and insert the hook shank into it. Next, using a yellow silk thread, wrap the abdomen in a spiral and tie a small tuft of wool near the ear of the hook, cut it off a little with scissors. Insert it together with the hook into the abdomen and tie it well with the thread to the forend.
Step 2
Fly - "palmer". Hold the hook in a vise and paint it with varnish. Then, using a thick silk thread, tie the top of an auburn or black feather near the ear. Wrap the securing thread around the forend several times, then transfer it to the back of the hook and attach the guy clip. Holding the feather by the upper part, wrap the hook with it to the back of the head and secure it with a thread. Cut off the excess end of the feather. Now wind the thread from the back of the head to the eyelet on the forend of the hook so that the winding is directed away from the winding of the feather. After that, make a knot and secure it with varnish. Try not to press the feather spine with the thread; rather, trim it with scissors and give the fly the "hedgehog" shape.
Step 3
Fly - "spider". Take hook No. 3, 5 - 5, which has a short forend. Fasten it in a vise, apply a small amount of super glue and wind the load. Next, attach the barbs of the pheasant feather using the thread to create the body and tail of the fly. Fasten the thread near the tail and wind it all over the body, then cover with varnish. Until the varnish is completely frozen, quickly form the body of the fly from the feather barbs and wind it with silver wire from above. Take a partridge feather and completely remove the fluff from it. Secure the feather near the eye of the hook with loops of thread. Make legs out of it, then wind some thread around the ear, forming a head. Secure everything with a knot and varnish the head of the fly.
Step 4
Front sight - "tank". Fasten the hook in a vise, apply varnish on it and start winding the knitting thread. Use it to attach wool and a silver ribbon to the hook's forend. Wrap the body of the front sight completely and wrap it with tape from above, fix everything with thread and cut off the excess. Next, tie a few beams of a rooster's feather on the lower side of the hook, and on the upper side, fasten a small amount of boar hair bristles so that they are slightly inclined towards the hook's ear. The length of the bristles should not exceed the length of the forearm. Form the front sight head and polish it well.
