Tying a Peacock Zulu (Wet Fly) by Davie McPhail
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- čas přidán 9. 03. 2019
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Materials Used;
Hook, Fulling Mill Competition Heavyweight size 12
Thread, Uni-8/0 Black
Tail, Red Wool
Rib, Small Silver Tinsel
Body, Black Seals Fur or Sub
Body Hackle, Black Hen or Cock
Front Hackle, A Mix of Green and Blue Peacock Neck Feather Fibres - Sport
Another classic Davie….thanks
Fantastic tying as usual a simple pattern and hugely effective for sea trout.
Lovely fly Davie. Nice tips on using the wool and the hair dryer. Thanks for sharing.
Snap Davie, I tied a couple of these up during the week. I used the Peacock blue, but I've just got hold of some Lady Amherst pheasant blues so I'll give them a go the same way.
Liked the hair dryer techniques. Tips from the master.
Brilliant thanks Davie
I have some similar shiny bronze wild turkey feathers. I am going to use them with a peacock hurl body instead and see how the trout
like this version! Thanks for giving me the idea! Tight lines from across the pond!
Once I went to my bench and looked at the bronze turkey feathers, I used them instead to make a PTN type body instead
as a soft hackle with a counter wrap rib of fine copper wire and a small coq de Leon hen hackle! I attached the hackle at the stem end leaving a small amount of the fluff attached. I wrapped it so the end looks like a single wing sloped thru the hackle collar! It looks deadly!
You could use the Peacock feathers the same way! Definitely worth a try!
Nicely done!
Ah noooo!!
I've only got peacock swords... I'll give it a go with them then.
Nice zulu Mr Mcphail!!
If you find those to be a bit course, I was thinking that a starling soft hackle might be an effective substitute.
The best fly for chub!
Круто получилось супер.
Nice one Davy. Thnx
Well done my friend.
Very nice Davie! I am looking for an attractor/searching fly for blind casting for lake panfish - think this is the style I am looking for. Will tie up a couple of them this morning. Thanks for posting!! ATB! Hank
Hank, can I ask where (regionally) you're fishing, which panfish species you're concentrating on, and where you're searching (deep/open water for suspended fish, shallow dark-bottom bays for early spring fish, edges of deeper weedbeds during summer transition, etc.)? I may have a few suggestions myself.
@@handcannon1388 Hi, I fish the Tay Valley watershed (Ontario, Canada) for warm water species. As soon as the ice is off the lakes I check any structure/object that will change sunlight into warmth/create shadows on the north-side bays. These are the areas that show first activity. I'll fish anywhere from the first deep water break to right into flooded shoreline bushes. In the shallows I usually fish (slow strips and small hops) two flies; a dark "carp" style fly (weighted, on a jig hook, right on the bottom) followed with a bright buoyant fly like a boobie; if that is not working I will swap out the boobie for something smaller/darker/more subtle - a #14 black/silver (floating) backswimmer works very well. I use a lightly weighted (slow sinking) muddler with a fairly thick, stiff collar to fish right in the flooded bushes and standing cattails. Lots of species in the warming shallows so it's a mixed bag and you never know what will hit - typically its sunfish, bluegill, crappie and bass. I fish a 9 1/2 foot 5 wt and a floating line. For other species and in warmer water I use different tactics/flies but that would be too much to talk about here - don't want to impose on Davie's generosity/space. We could talk off-line if you would like. Cheers, Hank
@@hankvana2149 Sounds quite similar to what I'll be doing on small, natural lakes in southern Michigan in a couple weeks (if I can get time). I'll leave you a link to one of my videos that shows some of my flies. It also has an email address for me. I'll talk to you again there. Thanks, Davie, for allowing this conversation in your space. czcams.com/video/Bcn7bFWecW4/video.html
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Hi Davie👍👍👍👌🤓
First fly I ever bought