Tying a Hot Olive Irish Stimulator with Martyn White (wet fly)

Frankie McPhillips' adaptations of the stimulator have been around for a while now and become firmly established as great options for both mayfly and sedge hatches in a good wave. To support the channel and be eligible for giveaways head to / flickingfeathers and become a patron or support through paypal.me/flickingfeathers
Materials list
Hook: Kamasan B170 10-12
Thread: Uni 8/0, black
Tail: Roe deer dyed golden olive
Body: Hot honey olive seal fur
Rib: Fine gold wire
Body hackle: Grizzly dyed WOIGO
Wing: Roe deer dyed golden olive
Front hackle: Badger dyed hot orange

[@grahamlonergan8964]

beautiful tying and fly

[@FlickingFeathers]

Thanks Graham

[@charlesmcfarlane2082]

Love these buggy looking wets. Great to be introduced to so many new to me patterns through these tutorials. Thanks Martyn.

[@dannymcg8300]

Excellent looking fly Martyn. Very well tied and explained. Thank you for sharing.

[@joeduca8582]

Another awesome fly Martyn. About 6 years ago I discovered the UK's Fly Fishing & Fly Tying magazine. I loved all the articles, especially George Barron's patterns for lake fishing. I still have to get his book, The End Of The Line (I think it's titled). Frankie McPhillips sounds familiar, I'll have to look him up. That B175 hook, is it a short shank hook? Thanks for another cool fly!

[@FlickingFeathers]

Hi Joe, it's a standard shank wet fly hook. same as the Fulling Mill competition heavyweight. I like George Barron's tying and also have that book, he's a bit dogmatic about using hen hackle for me, but the flies in the book are nice

[@joeduca8582]

@@FlickingFeathers Thanks for the reply. Yeah I searched the B175, I thought it looked similar to a Daiichi and come to find out they make the Kamasan. I guess that's good news for me as ASG, the Daiichi distributor, is not far from me and I've gotten sample hooks from them. I'm partial to Mustad, Eagle Claw too, because I've used the older Mustad models forever but my supply is limited to a few styles now. As for the other brands, they're all easy to get now, In fact there's too many to choose now, lol. As far as feathers go, I'll use what I have, just so I can have fun tying then fishing the flies. I just like the way all those lake and wet flies look. Check out Steven Bird's "trout spey" stuff. I like his wets and soft hackles.Thanks Martyn, Cheers!