Fully dressed flies
Appearance
Fully dressed flies | |
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Artificial fly | |
Jock Scott flyvariation | |
Type | Salmon fly |
Imitates | imitator |
History | |
Creator | various |
Created | 1800s |
Variations | many |
Materials | |
Typical sizes | 1.25 to 3 inches |
Typical hooks | Salmon fly hook |
Thread | black |
Tail | usually feather fibers (i.e.tippets,hackle) |
Body | usually natural or light color dyed fromrabbits,seal,andmuskrat. |
Wing | the most complicated and intricate part; usually made from feathers and tips of feathers (i.e.turkey,duck,bustard,jay) either separate feathers or married feathers. Usually the color complements the body and presents a theme. |
Ribbing | mostlytinsel,floss,orwirein gold, silver; oval or flat. |
Thorax | tied like anymph fly's beard that is only on the bottom of the hook and extends to the point (i.e. Guinea, Honey Dun Hackle). |
Legs | none |
Tag | a small portion tied on the bend before the tai; usually floss or tinsel |
Butt | small ball of fur dubbing,herl,or Krystal Flash; tied after the tail and before the body (similar to midsection, shoulder) |
Cheek | small feather tied on each side of thewingjust before tying the head, contrasts the wing and body slightly. |
Head | usually thread or fur, tied in at the end behind the eye; usually with thread it is tied to present a smooth "head"; with fur to hide small tips left from the wing (with same purpose as thread head). |
Bead | none |
Uses | |
Primary use | Salmon |
Fully dressed fliesare elaborate and colorfulartificial fliesused infly fishing.The most famous of these are the classicsalmon flies,which are exquisite patterns made from mostly rare and beautiful materials andfeathers,includinggolden pheasants,toucans,swans,andivory-billed woodpeckers.These flies have been popular in the United Kingdom since the 19th century.[1][2]Fully dressed flies are often meant for display and are not used in actual fishing.[3][4]Many patterns are expensive to tie because of the cost of rare feathers.[4][5]
Parts[edit]
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Parts of a fully dressed fly, as listed in Kelson's 1895 book, are shown below.[6]
Key to Parts of Salmon Fly Image[6]
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The key to the figure as explained by Kelson with comments in parentheses are listed below.
- A.Gut loop[6](hook eye)
- B.Tag, Here in two sections, silver twist followed by floss silk, a small portion tied on the bend before the tail[6](usually floss or tinsel)
- C. C.Tail, of a topping and usually of a crow feathers (usually feather fibers[6](i.e. feather tippets,hackle)
- D1, D2, D3.Butts Between D1 (tail butts) and D3 (head butts) lies the body divided in this type of fly into two sections by D2 (section butt), each section having 5 ribs of tinsel; D3 is here preceded by (in order of construction) by Toucan feathers above and below.[6](small ball of fur dubbing,herl,or Krystal Flash; tied after the tail and before the body (similar to midsection, shoulder)
- E.Hackle, here distinguished as "Upper section hackle". When wound over the whole length of the fly it is termed "Body Hackle" (Throat/Beard-fibers tied like anymph fly's beard that is only on the bottom of the hook and extends to the point[6](i.e. Guinea, Honey Dun Hackle).
- E2.Throat Hackle, usually written "throat"[6]
- F.Under wing. Here of "White tipped turkey"[6]
- G.Over Wing, in most flies capped with a "topping"[6](the most complicated and intricate part; usually made from feathers and tips of feathers (i.e.turkey,duck,bustard,jay) either separate feathers or married feathers. Usually the color complements the body and presents a theme.
- HH. Horns[6]
- J. Sides[6](thin feather sections tied before the cheeks, in an angle similar to the wing angle.)
- K. Cheeks[6](small feather tied on each side of thewingjust before tying the head, contrasts the wing and body slightly)
- L. Head[6](usually thread or fur, tied in at the end behind the eye; usually with thread it is tied to present a smooth "head"; with fur to hide small tips left from the wing (with same purpose as thread head))
- 1.A line showing the proper length of the tail and wing beyond the hook-bend[6]
- 2.Indicates the place of the first coil of the tag relatively to the hook-barb, the best barb supplying the best guide to the eye in initial operation of tying on the "tag" material.[6]
- 3.Indicates place on the hook-shank (relatively to the hook-point), at which ends of the gut loop should terminate, leaving the gap, for adjustment[6]
See also[edit]
Gallery[edit]
Salmon Flies
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Green Highlander (1914)[7]
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Jock Scott(1850)[8]
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Salmon flies from the Book of Salmon byEdward Fitzgibbon(1850)[9]
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Durham Ranger (mid 19th Century)[10]
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Triumph Bass Fly
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Mosca da salmone
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Labeled Jock Scott
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Plate of flies from T. E. Pryce-Tannatt (1914)[7]
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Royal Coachman (1892)[11]
References[edit]
- ^only two known patterns use ivory-billed woodpecker feathers
- ^Kevin W. Erickson (August 1, 2017).Feather Craft: The Amazing Birds and Feathers Used in Classic Salmon Flies.Stackpole Books.ISBN978-0811717793.
- ^Luallen, Wayne (1997).Tying the Classic Salmon Fly: A Modern Approach to Traditional Techniques.Stackpole Books.
- ^abHill, Lawrence (July 23, 2020)."Best Classical Salmon Patterns, A Guide to Productive Patterns".Into Fly Fishing.RetrievedMarch 13,2021.
- ^Blacker, Willaim (1842).Blacker's Art of Fly Making.London: George Nichols.
- ^abcdefghijklmnopqrsKelson, George M. (1895).The Salmon Fly-HOW TO DRESS IT AND HOW TO USE IT.London: Wyman and Sons Ltd. pp.17–18.
- ^abPryce-Tannatt, T. E. (1914).How To Dress Salmon Flies-A Handbook for Amateurs(PDF).London: Adam and Charles Black.
- ^Kontio, Timo."Fly tying the Jock Scott Salmon Fly Step by Step".Fly Tying Archive.RetrievedMarch 13,2021.
- ^Fitzgibbon, Edward (1850).The Book of Salmon(PDF).London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans.
- ^First tied in the mid 19th Century, most likely by Mr. William Henderson of Durham, England.
- ^Marbury, Mary Orvis (1892).Favorite Flies and Their Histories.Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company. pp.97.