Description
This fly was featured
in a recent issue of the “Orvis News,” an
excellent publication put out by the Orvis
Company. I normally don’t feature, in this
column, flies found in magazines or other
news publications. I will make an exception
where a fly makes sense, has unique
features, and is practical—i.e., it looks
fishy and is easy to tie. I don’t know the
fly’s creator, Jim Hickey—but I have fished
his fly and found it to be a worthwhile
addition to fly boxes. According to Hickey,
it imitates a BWO as well as a PMD, with the
only variant being the dubbing colors. Let’s
go with the BWO configuration.
Tying Instructions
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Crimp the hook barb and place
the bead on the hook.
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Cover the hook shank with a
layer of thread, working from
the back of the bead to the hook
bend. The thread should just
short of halfway down the bend.
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Tie in a tail of approximately 6
pheasant tail fibers at the
point where the thread ends.
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At the same tie-in point,
tie in two strands of olive
crystal flash and move the
thread forward to the back
of the bead.
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Twist the olive crystal
flash strands together, and
wrap them up the shank to
the 1/3 spot on the shank
behind the bead. Tie the
crystal flash off at that
point but don’t cut it off.
Instead, double it over and
then tie it back over the
abdomen, leaving the thread
at the 1/3 point.
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Dub the thorax; it should be
fuzzy but not overly large.
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Take a small dark dun CDC puff
and tie it in by its stem, with
the tip of the feather pointing
rearward, just behind the eye.
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Bring the crystal flash forward
and tie it off at the same
point. The “wings” should now be
sticking out to the sides of the
fly. Whip finish.
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Tying
Tips
If the CDC sticks out too far from the hook once it’s tied
off, use your scissors to trim it to
shape.
When making the crystal flash body, apply the winds evenly
and smoothly.
Now go tie one and
then go fish it, and…
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