Medusa Green Drake | This Fly Might Float Forever! | Fly Tying Tutorial
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- čas přidán 4. 06. 2024
- In this fly tying tutorial Cheech Ties the Medusa Green Drake!
If you have ever heard of the New Zealand indicator system, you'll know that (if properly treated) it will land softly and float for a long time. One day while tying wool head streamers I was thinking to myself that I had like a lifetime supply of wool indicators if I wanted to use it for that. One thing led to another and I was tying flies with wool indicators shaped like mayfly wings. I treat these right off the vise with flyagra as shown in the video, and this is a pretty important step. If they aren't treated, they might not float as well right out of the box. We've done a lot of tests with these, and they float for a long long time (but not overnight.) Anyway, this is a cool technique that I'm excited to explore a little bit more with other hatches. Happy tying!
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The 2 laboratory test flies you sent me home with last week worked well. Caught 3 in 15 minutes!
I'm impressed with this fly and the techniques you used to make it. Flotation, color, and movement.
How do you put your tippet through the eye of fly without looking at it… I don’t want Medusa to turn me to stone!!! Lol This may be my new favorite fly. This style of fly has always been great for trout that won’t commit to a dry,,, that dangling hook/rear body below the surface film is irresistible to the fish. Well thought through Cheech!!!
A terrific combination of materials and technique to produce this interesting pattern. Well done kind sir.
I can't wait to tie some of these up! I ordered my Hairline Feather Pepper the other day, and this is gonna be the first pattern I tie when that Fly Fish Food box shows up at my house 🙌
Such a cool idea not surprising that nobody else thought of this ? Brilliant idea and pattern !
This is going to be absolutely great for some dry droppers this summer, now I’ve got to go place an order so I can tie some of these up.
Never thought about a CDC parachute that's brilliant.
Freaking awesome dude
Nice pattern. Thanks.
That is a very cool fly that’s also easy to see on the water. After use do you reapply flyagra , the gel floatant or the powder.
It’s like what I have been tying for GDs recently, but I use dark dun snowshoe hare for the wing.
Skill builder:
Counterwrap your pheasent tail and regular wrap your wire overtop. The thread will wrap the wire down more naturally that way.
Yup. That way works too. Proper tension and they are both equally simple
Hmmm I live and fish in the Gisborne region of New Zealand and haven’t seen that before. Must try it.
I love it all except that maribou shuck. I prefer to use some nymph dubbing. Just a few fibers, the kinkier the better lol.
Do you tye to order if so where can I order from thanks
Unfortunately we don’t. These would be pretty spendy if we did.
How about Cheech tying a fly using his beard hair?
Too coarse. Like coarse as brassie wire
I think I’d put it in a coffee grinder to save time.
It might chop it too fine. I think you’d want longer strands for the wing
I’d have to name it the
“Royal PITA”.
You’d burn up your grinder in about .7 seconds and then it might catch on fire.
@@ChristDrew it would tangle and not chop at all. Ask me how I know 😬😬😬
@@FlyFishFood haha I can see that
If you turn the fly upside down it looks like your beard. So say call it cheech’s green drake beard
Awesome fly. Just the first 10 minutes of pulling and prepping is the only downfall for me. Other than that, awesome.
Yup. Once you prep it you have enough for about 25 flies.
Understand that, I'm a tie as needed kind of person, but realistically how much time do you spend reading/thinking about these comments. You would be halfway done blending it if you did it while reading this. :P Then poof you have enough material for the season.
That’s one buggy bug.
You should call this the Don King Wing 😂