Dressing
tube: 15mm - I have used a stainless steel needle
tube diameter 1.8mm
tail: mixed white/light green fox with two strands
olive Krystal Flash
body: front - wound olive Krystal Flash, short
wing: brown bucktail with two strands olive Krystal
Flash
hackles: brown over fluorescent yellow
Step 1 - Place needle tube in
needle tube fly vice
and wind a bed
of black tying thread about one third of the way along.
Step 2 - Tie in a sparse bunch of white Arctic Fox.
Step 3 - Rotate the vice through 180 degrees and tie in a
sparse but slightly longer bunch of white Arctic Fox.
Step 4 - Tie in a sparse bunch of light green Arctic Fox and
a doubled strand of olive green Krystal Flash.
Step 5 - Wind a short body of olive green Krystal Flash.
This may be coated with clear varnish, superglue or epoxy
for durability.
Step 6 - Tie in a wing of brown bucktail plus a doubled
strand of olive Krystal Flash.
Step 7 - Tie in a fluorescent yellow hackle.
Step 8 - Wind two or three turns of the yellow hackle.
Step 9 - Wind two or three turns of brown hackle in front of
the yellow, form a neat head and apply two coats of Cellire
No. 1 varnish.
The Spring Green Needle Tube Fly
A slight variation on the above theme
.....
Substituting orange for brown in the
hackle creates a fly
with quite a different appearance, a much brighter fly as in the example below.
The Bright Spark
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