I’m a 32 year old Swede with a serious addiction to flyfishing and flytying. It’s not unusual to find me on the water a couple times a week and at the vise just about every night. First flies left the vise about twenty years ago…nowadays my speciality is deerhair bugs, streamers and big predator stuff, even though I’m no stranger to dryflies and nymphs after doing those type of flies for a long time. I just think there’s something very fun in fishing for predatory fish, so that’s my main focus. I’ll fish for just about anything with a flyrod, fresh or salt, but my favorite species close to home is northern pike and brown trout. I have been tying flies professionally for a while now and also demonstrate my tying at shows and fairs across Europe. I also write some articles every now and then for some Swedish flyfishing magazines. Well that’s a little something about me.
-Andreas Andersson
This is a fly I have been tinkering with for quite some time, fishing it and making small changes every now and then…but now I feel it has the qualities I’m looking for. That being a big profile fly with very low weight when wet and the added predator attraction of articulation and a rattle bringing some noise.
The inspiration for the fly comes from two very different directions. One being the type of flies I have seen american flyfishermen using in the salt for fish like stripers. The other being a great looking pikefly like my buddy’s Ulf Hagström fly called the “Triple Treat”.
I believe the finished fly might work well for both mentioned species and many more just by varying the size and colors of the fly. It already has plenty of pike on its concious.
Materials used:
Hook- Partridge of Redditch Attitude Streamer 4/0
Shank- Partridge of Redditch Intruder Shank 35mm
Thread- UTC Ultra Thread 210
Tail/Body- Deercreek Gliss n Glint (can probably be substituted with some kind of EP fibers)
Flash- Long holographic flash
Pyrex Fly rattle Large
Bucktail
Craftfur
Eyes
Deercreek Diamond Hard UV-resin
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- Start the thread just in front of the hook point and make touching turns a little bit down the bend.
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- Take a rather sparse clump clump of gliss n glint fibers and taper it with your fingers before tying it in from back to front. The tie in point should be at about 40/60 back to front.
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- Fold back and tie down,whipfinish and glue.
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- Put a drop of uv-resin at the base of the fibers and hit it with your uv light. That little drop may seem insignificant but it will help a lot with keeping the tail from fouling around the hook.
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- Restart the thread at the hook eye and wrap back a little bit.
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- Take another clump of fibers and taper them to. Tie them in at the middle of the clump, fold and tie dowthem
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- Take a small clump of darker fibers and cut it in half. Taper and tie in at the middle.
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- Tie in 8-10 strands of tapered holographic flash.
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- Repeat step 7 on the bottom of the hook.
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- Fold it all back and comb with a regular plastic comb. This helps blending the fibers nicely. Make a small cone of tying thread pushing the materials back. Whipfinish and glue.
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- Hook the shank into the eye of the hook. This is way easier to do with the hook still in the vise.
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- Close the shank and make a threadbase halfway up the shank.
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- Tie in a pyrex glass rattle at the bottom of the shank and glue.
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- Tie in a generous clump of bucktail tips forward,make sure to spread the hairs around the shank. Make sure to use hairs fron the bottom of the bucktail since these will flare easily under thread pressure.
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- Trim of the excess bucktail, these will otherwise soak up water and make the fly heavier to cast.
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- Use the back part of a pen to fold the hairs backwards.
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- Create a cone of thread pushing the bucktail back a little bit.
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- Tie in 5-10 strand of holographic flash on the top and bottom of the shank, again by folding the flash.
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- Use your thumb to spread the flash 360° around the shank.
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- Tie in two more sparse clumps of the darker gliss n glint fibers 40/60 back and front.
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- Use your thumb again to spread the fibers evenly. Tie down and glue.
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- Tie in 8-10 strands of crystal flash on top of the shank.
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- Fold the flash back and tie in a clump of craftfur on the bottom tips forward. Remember to comb out the underfur first.
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- Tie in another clump of darker craftfur on top. Whipfinish and glue.
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- Fold the craftfur back and comb it.
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- Attach eyes on the sides using a gel type superglue.
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- Add a drop of uv-resin on top and bottom of the very front of the head. Cure the resin with your light while holding the fibers back. This way you get a smooth head that still has some movement built into it.
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- Done! Cast it out and hold on tight.
Sick! I’ve been waiting to see some step by step from this guy. This take hollow fly to the max. I love the fullness and minimalness of it all. I have learned!!
I’m glad it helped!
-Paul