Black and White fly

[DianeID]

I am very curious about the archive and Black and White fly. How is the stripe made on the wing? Stroked in with a sharpie? Exact match of barbules from a white feather and black?

[Bluegill222]

Sharpie would work, but traditionally, the effect is acheived by taking sections of different colored feathers and marrying them together (exact match of barbules, as you said) to form a single, multi-colored wing. It's how they get those gorgeous wings on traditional Atlantic salmon flies.

[LadyFisher]

Diane, you can find the instructions on how to do a married wing (that's the real name) in our Atlantic Tying Series. Have fun!

[DianeID]

Thanks. I appreciate the input.

Diane