Fly tying is the mechanical application of materials to the hook. It can be done by any skilled craftsman, whether that person fishes or not. Here are some steps that may be helpful.
The materials for the “Peaches & Cream” & “Sweet Pea”are:
“Peaches & Cream”:
Hook: Tiemco TMC 403BLJ – #16, #14, #12 or Tiemco 3761 #18,#16, #14, #12
Thread: Danville 6/0 or 70 denier orange
Tail: Lemon Wooduck “Hareline”brand
Body: Mercer’s Buggy Nymph Dub Light Cahill
Rib: UTC ULTRA WIRE Small GOLD
“Sweet Pea”:
Tiemco TMC 403BLJ – #16, #14, #12 or Tiemco 3761 #18, #16, #14, #12
Thread: UTC- ULTRA THEAD “70” Brown Olive
Tail : COQ DE LEON “CLARO”
Body: Stripped Peacock Quill (Herl)
Thorax: Peacock Herl
Wing case: UTC Mirage Tinsel Large OPAL
Good Luck, Doug O.
PEACHES & CREAM- Fly Tying Steps
- Placed bead on hook. Tie small thread ball at bend
- Measure wooduck 3/4 on hook shank. Tie in, wrap one time under and behind wooduck to “lock in” fibers. Tail should be angled upwards
- Tie in Gold wire rib
- Make dubbing loop. Tie in a SPARSE amount of dubbing wrap forward. Wrap rib forward. Tie off
- Finish Fly
Hall of Fame flyfisher Gary Borger says of Doug, “Doug Ouellette’s “Stonedaddy” is definitely a great example of the fly designing process. Doug discovered that the trout of the lower Truckee love to chow down on both the big stonefly nymphs in the river and the small crayfish that crawl all over the stream bottom. His “Stonedaddy” fly is a highly creative blending of the features of both organisms”.
STONEDADDY- Fly Tying Steps
- Placed bead on big side forward
- Tie one strip of .025 lead on top of hook shank…
- …3/4 length of hook
- Tie small thread ball at bend of hook
- Place biots curved away from each other
- Measure them 1/2 the shank
- Keep body even
- Tie in wire rib
- Thin skin should be 3/16″ wide
- Tie in skin curved side down
- Tie in vinyl rib curved side up
- Wrap forward 10 wraps
- Assure that you wrap 10 times
- Pull thin skin over tie in
- Wrap wire rib forward tie in
- Ater tying in rib, fold back the thin skin…
- …1/4 length of shank.
- Make dubbing loop, dub throax
- Dub in throax once again
- Pull thin skin back over throax, tie in
- Fold thin skin back again tie in front
- Build up thread at collar
- Measure biots 3/8 length of hook shank
- Tie in biots facing toward each other
- Trim thin skin 1/2 way down the shank
- Trim biots at the back end of the throax at 45 degress
- Finish fly
Truckee River Fly Patterns
- Truckee River Special
- Peaches&Cream-Umpqua Flies
- “Sweet Pea” Umpqua Flies
- Baitfish
- “Prince Nymph” by Doug Prince
- “Birds Nest” Tied by Cal Bird
- Caddis Larva 1970’s
- “Copper Johns”
- Stonedaddys& Crawdad
- Caddis
- “Lamb Chop”
- March Brown Nymph
- “Mo de Leon”
- “Midnight Express”
- The “Panda” Side View
- The “Panda”
- “Stanley Streamer” Umpqua Flies
- “Stonedaddy” Umpqua Flies
Book a trip now for a great day on the water in California or Nevada!
Doug Ouellette
(775) 722-2267
e-mail: dougo@calvadaflyfishing.com
Mailing address :
545 Harbin Ln. | Reno, NV 89509
