Buck Henry
07-14-06, 07:39 PM
Fly Name: The BHD (Bad Hair Day) Fly
(major hat tip to Rusty Fowler for suggesting the name)
Originator: Buck Henry (aka Clark Rodgers)
Recipe:
* Nymph Hook size 14 or 16 with 2X shank
* Weight: lead wire wraps
* Tail: Orvis Krystal Flash
* Body: Peacock Herl
* Ribbing: Gold or Silver Medium Oval French Tinsel
* Thorax / Collar: Flashabou Dubbing - rainbow color
* Thread: 6.0 Olive
* Bead Head – 1/8” (or 3/32 for size 16 hook) gold or silver
Tying Instructions:
* Place the bead head on the hook and wrap the hook with a good thread base back to the hook bend . Add some lead wraps near the bead head to give the fly extra weight.
* Cut a small clump of Krystal Flash and tie in as the tail.
* Tie in a short piece of French Tinsel and 3 to 4 strands of peacock herl.
* Wrap the peacock herl up about 3/4 of the hook to form the body and tie
down. Trim off any excess material. Counter wrap the body with the french
tinsel and tie off and trim as well.
* Where the peacock herl body ends, form a dubbing loop with your thread, and then advance the thread bobbin to the back of the beadhead. Coat the dubbing loop with a decent amount of dubbing wax.
* Place a clump of flashbou dubbing in the loop. You will quickly find out
that this stuff is a bit tough to work with! Twist the loop with your
spinner tool until you have a tight rope formed. Don't be concerned that you
have strands of the flashabou dubbing sticking out everywhere, that is what you are wanting!
* Wrap the dubbing loop to form a thick, gaudy thorax and tie off at the bead
head. Again, the Flashabou dubbing will be sticking out everywhere, but help
is on the way!
* Stroke the mess of flashabou dubbing backwards like you would when forming a
soft hackle collar. Make as many thread wraps behind the beadhead as necessary
to make the clump of flashabou flows back across the body of the fly.
* Whip finish and apply a drop of fly head cement to the thread wraps.
* Finish the fly by trimming the flashabou to form a semi-neat (but still somewhat unruly) thorax / collar.
Notes:
When you are done, you will see why the fly was named the BHD fly! This is
simply a flashy attractor type pattern. I tried it out on the Hooch and the
Bows loved it. Fish this fly like you would any weighted nymph.
Semper Fi!
__________________
(major hat tip to Rusty Fowler for suggesting the name)
Originator: Buck Henry (aka Clark Rodgers)
Recipe:
* Nymph Hook size 14 or 16 with 2X shank
* Weight: lead wire wraps
* Tail: Orvis Krystal Flash
* Body: Peacock Herl
* Ribbing: Gold or Silver Medium Oval French Tinsel
* Thorax / Collar: Flashabou Dubbing - rainbow color
* Thread: 6.0 Olive
* Bead Head – 1/8” (or 3/32 for size 16 hook) gold or silver
Tying Instructions:
* Place the bead head on the hook and wrap the hook with a good thread base back to the hook bend . Add some lead wraps near the bead head to give the fly extra weight.
* Cut a small clump of Krystal Flash and tie in as the tail.
* Tie in a short piece of French Tinsel and 3 to 4 strands of peacock herl.
* Wrap the peacock herl up about 3/4 of the hook to form the body and tie
down. Trim off any excess material. Counter wrap the body with the french
tinsel and tie off and trim as well.
* Where the peacock herl body ends, form a dubbing loop with your thread, and then advance the thread bobbin to the back of the beadhead. Coat the dubbing loop with a decent amount of dubbing wax.
* Place a clump of flashbou dubbing in the loop. You will quickly find out
that this stuff is a bit tough to work with! Twist the loop with your
spinner tool until you have a tight rope formed. Don't be concerned that you
have strands of the flashabou dubbing sticking out everywhere, that is what you are wanting!
* Wrap the dubbing loop to form a thick, gaudy thorax and tie off at the bead
head. Again, the Flashabou dubbing will be sticking out everywhere, but help
is on the way!
* Stroke the mess of flashabou dubbing backwards like you would when forming a
soft hackle collar. Make as many thread wraps behind the beadhead as necessary
to make the clump of flashabou flows back across the body of the fly.
* Whip finish and apply a drop of fly head cement to the thread wraps.
* Finish the fly by trimming the flashabou to form a semi-neat (but still somewhat unruly) thorax / collar.
Notes:
When you are done, you will see why the fly was named the BHD fly! This is
simply a flashy attractor type pattern. I tried it out on the Hooch and the
Bows loved it. Fish this fly like you would any weighted nymph.
Semper Fi!
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