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THE
PATTERNS
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Kvennan Spent |
To show you some possibilities with organza as wing material, I
selected a special set of flies that came from my large LT
series. I chose some spent flies, several upwinged flies, a
delta wing, and two USD patterns. In the dressing, notice which
method I use for preparing the organza fibers in that particular
pattern.
THE DRESSINGS AND TYING TECHNIQUE
The Kvennan Spent and Klinken's USD spinners.
Brain Clark and John Goddard's (UK) USD (up side down) pattern
inspired me to think about developing my own USD pattern just
for fun. Hank Leonard and Bill Luzardo's (USA) L&L fly gave me
an excellent idea for winging. Tomas Olson's (Sweden) special
parachute technique was indispensable for the things I had in
mind. Combining all those ideas made it possible to create a
pattern in my own style. Unfortunately, my USD patterns are not
at all easy for beginners to tie, but I shall try to describe
the tying technique as simply as possible. For these patterns I
use method 2 to create the wing.
Note 1: Both patterns have hooked some very large fish, but to
be fair and objective, I must agree that I missed some good fish
too, especially on my USD variation. It just depends how
aggressive the fish will take the fly and in what area of Europe
you will fish. Scandinavian grayling seems to have no problems
at all to take patterns like these.
Note 2: I use mainly light tan poly dubbing and white organza
(fibers) but off course you can do a lot of experiments with
your own color variations to match the hatch.
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Kvennan spent (L.T. series no 40)
Dressing
Hook: Partridge E1A size 12, 14 and 16
Thread: UNI-Thread Yellow, tan or Danville's spiderweb
Body: Fly-rite light tan poly dubbing no 19 (Borger color System
(BCS) 91/95)
Tails: Two javalina (peccary) fibers
Wing: Organza (white) burned into shape as shown in method 2
Wingcase: Cream poly yarn or dubbed poly dubbing no 19
Legs: Natural deerhair works well but hackle fibers are better,
more durable. I use a brown medium large hackle.
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Tying steps |
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Tie in two
peccary fibers in V shape.
Put on some poly dubbing and make a nice tapered body 2/3 of
hook shank.
Tie in a small piece of poly yarn and a brown hackle
Dub hook shank, very sparsely on thorax. |
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over the thorax, tie off and cut hackle at top and bottom.
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Make wing as in drawing 3a-3e.(previous page)
Put wing on the thorax, secure with the poly yarn. Tie off and
varnish. To totally secure wing, apply a drop of waterproof
super glue on the wing case.
The completed fly
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Klinken's USD
spinner
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Klinken's USD spinner no 1 (L.T. series no 16)
Dressing
Hook: Partridge E1A size 12, 14 and 16
Thread: Danville's spiderweb
Body: Fly-rite light tan poly dubbing (no 19-Borger color System
(BCS) 91/95)
Tails: Two peccary fibers
Wing: Organza fibers Use method 1 or 3
Wingcase: Peacock herls
Thorax: Peacock herls
Hackle: Light ginger tied as parachute
Base for parachute: Poly-yarn
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Tying steps |
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Tie in a piece of
poly yarn and hackle
Pull wing, hackle up, secure with thread.
Tie in two peccary fibers as tail
Dub tapered body on 2/3 of hook shank
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Turn hook
in vise. Tie in two peacock herls
Tie in organza fibers, secure with thread and pull up just a
little. Keep the fibers up with some extra wind ings of thread.
Wind peacock to form thorax. Make two windings behind & between
the wings. Put tiny drop of varnish or superglue on the windings
before wrapping over the peacock herl. Tie off.
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Front view
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Turn hook in vice,
secure. Wrap base for hackle with spiderweb. Turn hackle from
right to the left around post. Work from top to bottom. Pull end
of the hackle to the left and tie off between hackle and body
with your whip-finish tool. Cut off poly yarn just 2 millimeter
above hackle. Heat needle with lighter. Touch on butt of wing
post to fuse into hackle. This is probably the most durable
parachute hackle you can make.
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The completed fly |
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Klinken's USD spinner no 2 |
Klinken's USD spinner no 2 (L.T. series no 17)
Dressing
Hook: Partridge E1A size 12, 14 and 16
Thread: Danville's spiderweb
Body: Fly-rite light tan poly dubbing (no 19-Borger color System (BCS)
91/95)
Tails: A small bunch of micro fibetts or spinner tails
Wing: Organza burned into shape. Use method 2.
Wingcase: Poly-yarn
Hackle: Light ginger tied parachute style
Base for parachute: Poly-yarn
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Tying steps |
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* Same as Klinken's
USD spinner no 1 except without thorax.
* Wrap dubbing to hook eye.
* Dub thorax area lightly
*Secure wing poly yarn on hook, bond with small drop of
waterproof superglue. |
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The LT Spent
Spinner |
The LT Spent Spinner (L.T. series no 13)
Dressing
Hook: Partridge E1A size 12, 14 and 16
Thread: Danville's spiderweb
Body: Fly-rite light tan poly dubbing (no 19-Borger
color System (BCS) 91/95)
Tails: A small bunch of micro fibetts or four spinner
tails split in two sections
Wing: Organza fibers. Use method 1 or 3
Wingcase: Poly dubbing
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Tying steps |
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Tie in organza fibers as
spent wing, secure well with thread.
Tie in 4 spinner tails and split into V shape or just take a small bunch
of micro fibetts. Just what you pre fer. Best way to split tails is to put
on little dubbing as mini-tag before tail is tied in. |
View
on different tails |
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Pull
all fibers in vertical direction, cut to same length. |
Dub, wrap
towards hook eye, forming tapered body. Secure wing well
with dubbing. Avoid bulk. Tie off, varnish.
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Delta Wing (L.T. Series no 20)
Dressing
Hook: Partridge E1A size 12, 14 and 16
Thread: Danville's spiderweb
Body: Fly-rite light tan poly dubbing (no 19-Borger color
System (BCS) 91/95)
Wings: Organza fibers. Use method 1 or 3
Hackle: Light ginger
Tails: A small bunch of micro fibetts
Tying method:
1 Same as L.T. Spent Spinner
2 Same as L.T. Spent Spinner
3 Same as L.T. Spent Spinner
4 Dub, form a nice tapered body. Pull wings back to 45
degrees and up slightly. Secure with thread. Tie in the
hackle.
5 Wind hackle, tie off, varnish. Cut off a few hackle
fibbers at the bottom to get a better contact with the
surface film.
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Nora
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Nora (L.T. series no 39)
This is one of my favorites. An extremely effective
pattern especially if you tie in the right size and color.
I named the fly after the River Nora in Norway where this
pattern is a deadly fly for trout and grayling. Tying a
very slim version of this pattern with just a little
dubbing, a few fibbers of organza and a split tail of 4
spinner tails makes a superb fly for very selective trout,
or when fishing in crystal clear waters.
Dressing
Hook: Partridge E1A size 12, 14 and 16
Thread: Danville's spiderweb
Body: Fly-rite light tan poly dubbing (no 19-Borger color
System (BCS) 91/95)
Tails: A small bunch of micro fibetts or spinner tails
Wing: Organza fibbers. Use method 1 or 3
Wingcase: Poly-yarn
Hackle: Light ginger
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Tying steps |
Tie in tails. Tie in small
bunch of organza fibbers and secure well. Fibbers must
point forwards 45 degrees. About 5 mm behind wing, tie in
a small piece of poly yarn and light ginger hackle.
Bring thread to bend, apply
dubbing.
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Split wing into two sections. Pull poly yarn through the
hackle and wing sections. (See front view)
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Form nice tapered body towards eye.
Wind hackle + some turns of thread behind the wing +
several in front. |
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Tie off, varnish. Put a little drop of varnish on wing
case. For a better contact with the water surface, cut
away some hackles from underneath. |
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