The Jacobpattern is a deceptively simple, yet devastatingly effective, little fly. I cannot commend it to your consideration better than that 
Jacobpattern
Hook: Dry fly hook #20-28
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black
Hackle: Whiting cock, crizzly
Body: Peacock herl, fine
Rib: Holographic silver tinsel
Video - here - please view in HD, if able:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6EPlC3feiU
Cheers,
Hans W
That’s got all three of the “tricks” I noticed Monday. The initial tie down of the hackle, the tie down of the rib, and the movement of the hackle pliers.
Going to show this one to my son Jacob.
Nice fly. I like the simplicity of it. Sounds like one we should have in our fly box. Thank you Hans for another great video instruction.
Hans,
Nice tie, I enjoy all your video’s you have been posting. Question, what hackle are you using for this fly?
Whiting Grizzly
Thanks for the nudge - I have updated the recipe
Cheers,
Hans W
Hans,
Think a CDC bodied one would work?
chuckle
You try and find out. I know the pattern as is works very very well indeed - ever since Thijs showed it to me some 35 years back.
Cheers,
Hans W
PS - as the hook is the only thing “original” - what are you calling this one?
PS - as the hook is the only thing “original” - what are you calling this one?
Not sure I understand?
You wrote:
“[i]Think a CDC bodied one would work?”
As you substituted thread color, hackle, body and rib - asking what you are calling it?
Cheers,
Hans W
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Oh, no name. Just tinkering and thinking the CDC might keep it in the foam longer and the ribbing is also “lighter”. I want to try one in a PMD color configuration as I have a feeling it would produce?
Just wondering Hans, how would you present that one? Hanging down from the surface with the hackle flat on the surface, like a Grey Duster?
Cheers,
C.
Nope, body generally lies flush in the film.
Cheers,
Hans W
Hans,
I honestly feel I could sit across from you at a tying table for a whole week and never get bored!! There is so much one can learn from just watching you tie different patterns. Thank you so much for sharing your talent with FAOL!
PS - I am waiting for that saltwater pattern you promised because I have a very good friend that only saltwater fishes in Florida and I want to tie up some flies for him as a thank you to him for all he has done for me plus his friendship.
This fly causes me great distress, it may be the answer to a group of trout that have been getting the better of me for several years, but I hate the idea of trying to apply material to a hook that small.
No pain, no gain - just convince yourself that #20 is not a small hook, and it will cease to be small
(There is more truth in this above statement than might seem at first reading)
Failing that, try a #18 or #16 short shank hook.
Cheers,
Hans W
PS This may help to put things in perspective:
Klinkhamer Special (on Tiemco 2488 #30)
While I’m working on that I think I will tell myself I am slim, good looking with a full head of hair also.
The good news is an older friend gave me a lighted magnifying glass with stand a few years ago. So, I will probably be shopping for a small box of small hooks soon.
Hans,
I tried to send you a PM last night and your “in box” is full and will not accept PM’s.
I have a question on your tying style which I am doing my best to copy for my style. The question is with split thread. As I study your tying it looks as though you are spinning the thread bobbin from your right to left to trap the dubbing before wrapping. If this observation is correct, does that mean that you spin the thread bobbin from left to right to flatten it before you split it? I cannot see your thread bobbin in your videos when you are flattening the thread.
Thanks for your help. I love your tying videos. Keep them coming…
Hans,
I have a question also. I usually tie with #8 uni. I am loath to change bobbins in my bobbiin holder. When I tie hackle in “backwards”, as in your pattern, to avoid thread build-up at the eye, I tie my thread on the hook at the 1/3 point and then wrap back towards the eye in order to tie the hackle on without having thread between the hackle and the eye of the hook until tying the hackle off.
Does this make sense?
Byron
Hans,
I have another question after reading Byron’s question I meant to ask earlier. After watching your videos and learning a lot, I am slowly changing my way of tying and trying to tie more like your style of tying because I really like your techniques and they make sense. I switched from UNI 8/0, which I used for all my flies, to UTC 70 and 140 because they are easier to use the split thread style of dubbing. I plan to order some Benecchi thread and noticed you use 12/0 for most of your ties and when I checked on 12/0, it states it is the best size to use for size 18 and smaller flies. Most of the flies I tie for my use are on hook sizes 8, 10 and 12 and size 14 and 16 for my wet flies. Would I be better off using Benecchi 10/0 instead of 12/0?
Sorry for all the questions…Thanks for any help or suggestions you can provide. Keep the tying videos coming…
By tying on thread and hackle as I do, there are no thread wraps in front of the hackle tie-down point. The head on most of my flies is a three turn whip finish over bare shank.
Cheers,
Hans W