video - Woolly Bugger (this one is for Allan)

[Hans Weilenmann]

Woolly Bugger
Hook: Partridge Stronghold Long Shank #10
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black
Hackle: Cock saddle hackle, badger
Rib: Wire, silver
Tail: Fluey barbs, dyed scarlet
Body: Cactus chenille, brown

Video here - please view in HD, if able:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-6lrdY2Rjc

Cheers,
Hans W

[Steven]

Hans,

I thought I noticed it in your other videos, but this made it clear...you really don't tie off the materials in the classic sense, do you? You kind of tie back on the material.

Where'd you learn this? And are you really that comfortable with the durability of this method?

-Steven

[Hans Weilenmann]

I thought I noticed it in your other videos, but this made it clear...you really don't tie off the materials in the classic sense, do you? You kind of tie back on the material.

Where'd you learn this? And are you really that comfortable with the durability of this method?

Steven,

It is very secure, and I am very comfortable with it. It is bomb proof.

Think about it - my first turn of thread traps a 'U' of the material, with the tag end facing back, with a second locking turn of thread jamming directly in front.

Minimum number of thread wraps, and maximum security. Secondary, very significant, advantage is that there is never any stub material facing towards the hook eye to cover up.

Where learned? - I noticed it from a tying friend, Hans de Groot, some four decades back and have never looked back.

Cheers,
Hans W

[ScottP]

Hans,

I love seeing the economy of wraps you use in your flies, like this; I've watched the video a couple times and I can't find a wasted/unnecessary one.

Regards,
Scott

[mickalo]

I agree with Scott, I've watched many of Han's videos, I don't actual use some of his pattern myself, but the techniques used is an excellent way to tie, almost no wasted, or excessive thread usage or wraps, the use of reverse hackle. One thing that really impresses me is Hans isn't trying to break a speed record when tying, his videos are very easy to follow and understand.

Mike

[Steven]

Now I'm going to have to go home (I'm at the office) and tie a Woolly Bugger that I'll likely never use and won't see for years.

In a second viewing, I noticed that the hackle and the thread were tied on at the same time. I don't think I've ever seen that.

[Hans Weilenmann]

In a second viewing, I noticed that the hackle and the thread were tied on at the same time.

I have been doing that for some years now, as it made sense to me. You can see it in the majority of my videos.

I don't think I've ever seen that.

Me neither - not yet anyway

Cheers,
Hans W

[Allan]

Hi Hans,

Thanks for dedicating the video, LOL. I really appreciate the fact that you use minimal thread wraps. One of these days I might experiment and count thread wraps, as well as the time used to tye identical flies using one method and another just to see how they differ. Nicely done.

I've another question that perhaps you will answer in yet another video: How would you tye a Quill Gordon? I'm curious about the placement and how you would sequence the materials. I'm guessing that whatever the process, it would be the same for quill body dry flies(?).

Anyway, thanks in advance.

Cheers,

Allan

[Hans Weilenmann]

I've another question that perhaps you will answer in yet another video:

Don't press yer luck now, son

How would you tye a Quill Gordon? I'm curious about the placement and how you would sequence the materials. I'm guessing that whatever the process, it would be the same for quill body dry flies(?).

Allan, I do not tie very many of those, and never fish them, but here is a picture of the last one I tied:



Quill Gordon Variant

Cheers,
Hans W

[Allan]

Hans,

Yeah, I figured I was pressing my luck.
In the photograph of the Quill Gordon, it looks as though the body was tyed using a standard 'left-to-right' wrapping of the stripped herl body. Also, no counter or over-wrapping with wire. Right / wrong and do you tye quill bodies in the 'traditional' way?

Allan