Barr's Vis-A-Dun in March Brown

[dr korn]

For most of my mayfly duns I tie a Barr's Vis-A-Dun. It's a great thorax type pattern and one of my favorite's. Whether in a BWO size #18 or this March Brown in size #12 it's highly effective.


I even tie my Adam's in this pattern!

March Brown ~ Barr's Vis-A-Dun tied and photographed by Doug Korn

Click on the photo to enlarge...

Materials List:

Hook: MFC 7000 #12
Thread: 6/0 Danville in olive/brown
Tail: Coq De Leon
Rib: brown floss
Abdomen: DK#13 tan dubbing
Wing: Brown Copper Needloft yarn or Zelon
Hackle: Brown/olive grizzly in open turns, 3 behind wing and 3 in front
Thorax: DK#13 tan dubbing
note: cut "v" in bottom of hackle

[ScottP]

Doug,

Nice tie; my favorite dun, too, although I opt for a biot abdomen.

Regards,
Scott

[Steven]

Doug,

What are you doing, if anything, to support the wing?

I know Scott uses vinyl cement.

-Steven

[Byron haugh]

Looks great!!

[dr korn]

Doug,

What are you doing, if anything, to support the wing?

I know Scott uses vinyl cement.

-Steven

Steven, the wings are formed and held in place by folding the yarn up on both sides of the shank and wrapped like a short parachute post but with only 6 wraps; 3 up and 3 down. Sometimes I will add a small drop of head cement at the base as well. This way the two sides of the fold are trimmed to length at the end of the tie to form the two upright wings.

[Byron haugh]

Kornie,
You got me up to tie one of these. The amazing thing is that when I grabbed my saddle, I could not find one feather that had barbs quite long enough! Wonderful times we live in today!

Byron

[Byron haugh]

Found a slightly larger hackle........
Doug, when are you going to Gardiner?

[Steven]

Steven, the wings are formed and held in place by folding the yarn up on both sides of the shank and wrapped like a short parachute post but with only 6 wraps; 3 up and 3 down. Sometimes I will add a small drop of head cement at the base as well. This way the two sides of the fold are trimmed to length at the end of the tie to form the two upright wings.

Interesting. You've got a split wing going?

[dr korn]

Interesting. You've got a split wing going?

Steven - I've attached a couple of photos showing the wing tie in and result without anything else on the hook. Maybe this will help to explain the method. Ya know pictures are worth a 1000 words... clear as mud... right?

I should also note that this is the method I use, I'm not sure how John Barr does it!


Steven - here you can see the tie in. A single piece of yarn is pulled up from underneath and on both sides of the hook shank and held upright, then posted up as described in previous post. Nothing is done to split the wings they just end up that way.... you can add a drop of superglue to the post if you like.


Here is the same wings cut to length. Give it a try and see how you do. It's a very easy and quick way to make mayfly wings.

Hope that helps, let me know what you think, Doug.