J. A. Y. Thing ...
... as in Just Another Yellow Thing.
In the face of such professional looking SBSs, videos, and pix of beautifully tied flies, here's a shout out for us hacks who are limited in what we can do at the tying desk.
Tie in a 2" piece of antron yarn at the bend, leaving a shank length or so extending for the shuck.
Advance thread to about 2/3 mark, twist antron strand with appropriate tool, and then wrap antron forward in touching turns.
Form loop wing with tag end of antron strand and post.
Tie in grizzly hackle and secure to post.
( Sorry for the blurry image - but remember I'm just an old guy with a hand held camera. And yes, Ed and Karen, that is the "left thumb" in the upper left corner of the pic. )
Wrap hackle down the post in four, five, six turns for parachute, then wrap the hackle around the shank in front of the post in three or four turns to behind the eye, in the 9DH fashion, and tie off. Cut out about half of the antron strand for a slimmer shuck and trim shuck to length.
And from the fishies point of view.
If you want the fly to ride realy low, trim the hackle on the underside of the shank.
Now, there is a secret to fishing this fly successfully.
Only fish it to nearsighted, colorblind, dumb, and starving fishies.
Like this one.
Hmmmmmm. Actually, he doesn't look like he is starving. Must be one of the really dumb ones.
John
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