Blue Spey, Step by step.

 Here is a step by step, of a pattern i use a lot for my Sewin and Salmon fishing.

Place the hook in the vise, here i am tying on a Alex Jackson size 5 silver.

 Catch in the thread, just in the split loop of the eye. here i am using Danville 140 denier,

 Here i have tied in oval tinsel, for the tag and rib, size medium silver.

 Now tie in blue floss for the but,

 After tying in the but, run the thread up to the eye of hook.and clean up the materials,and tie in the rib.

 Now we tie in the rear body, of holographic silver tinsel.

 Here i have wound on the holographic tinsel, down to the but and back up the hook. then ribbed the tinsel,   

 Now we tie in the body hackle, i have used a Whiting silver doctor blue saddle cape.

 Now this is why i have used 140 denier thread white, being white you can hind it easy. plus i split in thread and put in SD blue seals fur, i prefer to split the thread then have a dubbing loop.

 Now wind on the dubbing,

 Now we put five turns of the oval rib, then follow the hackle tight behind the rib.

 Now trim off the unwanted materials,

 Now i tie in a collar of Guinea fowl feather, dyed pink. plus change thread to Danville 70 denier red,

 Now we tie in the wing, i have used Swan shoulder again SD blue. and clean up the head of the fly,

 And above the finished fly,

 Now tied in Orange, great colour for Salmon.

 Purple and pink, fishes well for both Salmon & Sewin.

 Black and red, great for both again.

The three together, hope you like the step by step. please give it a try,

Snake fly, step by step.

 Above the materials for tying snake flies,

 Now take a length of 30lb hollow mono braid, place a needle in the braid.

 Now place a hook on the end of the braid, and put the end of braid though the eye of needle.

 Here i have pulled the braid back though the centre of the braid.

 Here showing the braid and hook, after trimming off the unwanted braid end.

 Now i have marked the braid, to the length i want the finished snake fly.

 Now i push the same needle back down the braid, and also in to the first tick of braid. i find it makes the snake base that little bit stiffer, if you don't do this the fly tends to turn back on it's self on the cast. plus having three layers it locks in better,

 Now it's ready to pull the eye back in to braid,

 Here above, the finished mount, ready to dress.

 Above the mylar tubing  i use, i get it from the hobby shops. plus the tool in use to thread the mylar on to mount, it's called a stringer needle. use in carp fishing for threading on boille baits, 

 And above, a mount using a size 14 swivel. some people like using a swivel,

 The two mount together,

 Here you can see the mylar tubing, on the stringer needle and ready to push on to the braid mount.

 Here the braid half on,

 Here mylar tubing pushed all the way on the mount,

 Now i use some danville neon orange thread, to hold mylar in place. and act as a hot spot,

 Now catch in the head thread, and trim off the myler.

 Now tie in the main wing, here i am using marble fox black. a nice long and mobile hair,

 Trim off the unwanted hair,

 Now add some pearl flash,

 Now i tie in the flash over main wing, here i have used fine pearl mylar.

 Now i tie in the throat, again i have used marble fox again.

 Here we have the finished snake fly,

 Here i am using a snake vise, to tie the snake with the swivel on the head of fly. this vise i had made for myself.

 Now i tie in the hackle, color silver doctor blue.

 Above i have wound on the throat hackle.

 Now i tie in a main wing of squirrel (natural),

 Now tie in some kystal flash, over the wing.

 Now i coat the thread with UV resin, i have used Deer-creek resin. the best on the market by far.

Now i have put on a set of Deer-creek krystal eyes, and then coat with Deer-creek UV resin.

Hope you like the step by step, give it a try it's a great fish catching fly.

Blue Charm, step by step.

 Place the hook in vise, here i have use a Salar size 7 silver.

 Now catch in the thread, Danville 70 denier yellow. and tie in the oval tinsel for tag and rib, 

 Here i have put four turns for the tag,

 Now i have changed the thread, to black 70 denier. for the body and tie in the tail of GP crest,

 Now trim the unwanted part of the tail crest,

 Now run the rib up the body, and tie off.

 Now tie in Silver Doctor blue hackle, by the tip.

 Now tie off the stem of hackle,

 Here i have trimmed off the hackle stem,

 Now tie in a wing of natural squirrel, and a tiny touch of varnish to lock in.

 Now you need a teal breast feather, cut the centre stem to leave a v in feather, 

 Now place the stem though eye of hook, and take a few turns of thread.

 Now pull the feather down though eye of hook,

 Now here i have pulled the feather, cleaned up and a few coats of varnish.

And above the blue charm, tied on size 7 and size 15.