This blog will take off where the book "Unsinkable Dry Flies" left off, listing new and different ways to tie flies by attaching a air bubble to the hook. The flies displayed may be imitations of flies found in other reference materials or something completely unique. If you have a new idea email us, we will endeavor to post it on the Blog with your credit.

Monday, February 24, 2020

Soft Hackle Dry Fly

Here is a different twist on an old favorite the Soft Hackle Dry Fly.  This fly uses clear 1/8 inch polyolefin heat shrink to add an air bubble to the fly shank thus improving the buoyancy to some degree.


Hook Size 8 thu 16 1x Fine 3-4x Long

  1.  Wrap the hook shank with thread - In this case metallic blue
  2.  Tie in the tail material
  3.  Cut off the excess
  4.  Slip on the 1/8 inch polyolefin heat shrink
  5.  Position on the shank
  6.  Shrink the rear portion of the heat shrink approximately half way up the shank using a 15 watt soldering iron
  7.  Wrap the shrunk portion of the heat shrink with the thread
  8.  Whip finish and cut and seal with head cement or super glue
  9.  Shrink the heat shrink just behind the hook eye
  10.  Wrap the head with the thread
  11.  Tie in a hackle feather
  12.  Wrap and tie off the feather trimming excess seal with head cement or super glue

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