Stayner Ducktails

[Ray Kunz]

When tying a Stayner Ducktail streamer the pics always show a side view. I feel uncertain about how widely the flat wrapped flank feather barbs should be allowed to "splay out" across the top. Should they spread out widely or be confined into a tighter bunch? Comments please.

[okflyfisher]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llWaJrHkwg8

At the end of the video the fly is rotated to see the wing

[Panman]

Might want to look at this one. http://www.stillwaterflyfisher.com/s...-ducktail.html

Tim

[ScottP]

I tie mine about the same as I do for this wire-bodied 88 Streamer







Regards,
Scott

[planettrout]

Yup...




PT/TB

[melk]

Funny I came across this pattern in the "Northwoods Sporting Journal" a few years ago. Looked nice and now I have a video to watch.
Mike

[Joe Billingsley]

I have mentioned in this and other forums several times that the Stayner Ducktail is the most effective warm water fly I have ever used. It is deadly, in various sizes and colors, on bass, crappie and bream, whether unweighted or with a lead underbody or a bead.
A couple of points, in my experience, when tying it:
The link to the video is good because it shows the width of the wing.
The SBS link is good because it recommends tying in the wing pointed over the eye. If not done this way, I have found the wing tends to pull out after a bite or two, no matter how securely you tie it in. A drop of super glue at the tie-in point helps, too.
I also recommend painting the underside of the mylar ribbing with super glue before you wrap it. Fish teeth tend to tear it and it will unravel.

Joe

[ScottP]

The SBS link is good because it recommends tying in the wing pointed over the eye. If not done this way, I have found the wing tends to pull out after a bite or two, no matter how securely you tie it in. A drop of super glue at the tie-in point helps, too.

Joe,

I've never had the wing pull out when tying it in with the feather laying back over the fly, but that's probably because I don't just strip the excess fibers off the quill; I trim the excess, leaving stubs for the thread to grab. Like you suggested, I also give it a good dose of Sally before completing the thread wraps.
I have tried tying them with the feather pointing forward but had trouble keeping the feather in alignment when I folded it back; mashing the stem with flat-jawed pliers prior to tie-in helped.

Regards,
Scott

[okflyfisher]

Here is another reference from this site http://www.flyanglersonline.com/feat...kes/part12.php

[melk]

Joe,
What other colors/variations to the Stayner Ducktail do you use?
Mike