Polish Woven Nymph SBS

As payment for services rendered to a friend, I present a first, half-a.sed attempt at a woven Polish nymph; a ScottP always pays his debts. Lots of real good videos and SBS's out there (heck of a lot better than this).




hook - Dai Riki 135 #10
weight - .025 lead-free
thread - Danville 6/0 brown
underbody - Uni Strech brown
body - embroidery floss brown & yellow
rib - copper wire small
thorax - hare's ear/antron dubbing
head - 1/8" brass bead black


Part 1



Mash down barb and slide bead on shank

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...n/IMG_1399.jpg



10 wraps of lead-free; jam it inside the bead

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...n/IMG_1401.jpg



Unit stretch to create smooth underbody

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...n/IMG_1403.jpg



tie in rib

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...n/IMG_1406.jpg



dark matter on the far side

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...n/IMG_1408.jpg



light on the near side

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...n/IMG_1413.jpg



invert hook and grab both strands of floss (constant tension is key here; lack of is the reason this fly came out a bit shakey)

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...n/IMG_1414.jpg



*note - some of the following pics are a bit out of focus; hard to hold 2 strands of floss and camera at the same time




cross light across the bottom (topside in the inverted world)

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...n/IMG_1427.jpg



dark over light and then across the top (underside in the inverted world)

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...n/IMG_1428.jpg



repeat

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...n/IMG_1430.jpg

Part 2


and so on

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...n/IMG_1432.jpg



and so on

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...n/IMG_1435.jpg



attach tying thread, tie off floss and trim

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...n/IMG_1436.jpg



uninvert fly

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...n/IMG_1439.jpg



and spiral ribbing up body

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...n/IMG_1441.jpg



split thread (I like the effect better than just dubbing the thread)

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...n/IMG_1444.jpg



insert dubbing

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...n/IMG_1448.jpg




spin bobbin to trap dubbing

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...n/IMG_1449.jpg



wet fingers and stroke dubbing back while wrapping

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...n/IMG_1452.jpg



whip finish and brush with Sally

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...n/IMG_1454.jpg



Kind of fun to try something different like this. Next time the floss is going to be spooled so I can use bobbins; much easier to maintain tension for a more uniform body.






Regards,
Scott

Spooled the floss and used the bobbins on this one:

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...n/IMG_1462.jpg


Probably doesn't show up very well in the photo, but it was much easier to maintain tension and get a tighter weave. Hopefully, they'll get better as we go along.

Regards,
Scott

Well done, thats a very difficult technique to illustrate in a step by step.

If you want something interesting to try with this, weave white Unifloss (doubled strands) over UTC Fl. Fire Orange under body. Once tied wet it! First time I fished it, it took about 50 trout. It is the only fly I have had fish just swim over and pick up before I even made a cast. Just dropped my leader in the water while I sorted out my line. This hasn't happened once but three times on different waters.

You are right it does take a lot of practise to get good consistent results. I've tried the bobbin method and found I prefer to use the method you showed. The weight of the bobbin tended to make the floss twist into a rope. The open ends in your method let the twist fall out of the threads.

Cheers,
A.