Tying the Green Spey with Davie McPhail.

[helopoblgwyn]

Thank you very much for your help

[helopoblgwyn]

hi davie, brilliant fly again, what are your top ten salmon flies that i need to tie for next season, also do you buy your jungle cock in packets or on a cape, thank you very much,, Deion

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi Deion,

Here's a list of the flies I like to have in my box; Willie Gunn with a gold body and a red head as well as original ,Red Devil, Ally's Shrimp, Cascade and a purple version, Ayrshire Shrimp and Sunray Shadow,Flamethowers in different colours, Silver Stoat and Blue Charm these all can be tyed on a tube as well as on a hook of your choice mine would be a double..I hope this is of some help to you..

All the best Davie

[TheBoobyBasher]

@DavieMcPhail Heard a lot about the red devil ,what is it?

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi TheBoobyBasher,

The Red Devil is a very simple tube fly which is used here in Ayrshire but it will catch salmon anywhere. Here's the way I tye it..Copper tube from 1/2 ich up, Thread, Fire Orange Uni-Thread 8/0 which I use now but red varnish on the thread is the original way to get the red head, there's no body, Wing Red Bucktail which I like to have twice the length of the tube and then Jubgle Cock the length of the tube and that's it, very simple but deadly...ATB Davie

[helopoblgwyn]

hi Davie

[pagopen]

Hi, Davie,

Thank you for showing the used materials. 

[Diveinwinetanks]

As always, another work of art Dave. I do not fly fish or tie flies, but I always enjoy watching you tie a fly.

In regard to the pheasant wing where you mention it is normally red and now dyed green; Do you dye them yourself and how do you get the feathers to take on the color? I thought the feathers would shed/reject the water and color.

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi Diveinwinetanks,

Thankyou I'm glad you liked the fly...

I didn't dye the Golden Pheasant skin but it's one of the range that comes from a company called Veniards, they are a wholesaler so you'll have to buy from a shop that stocks their materials, I'll send you a link to the shop I bought the one I used in the video from..

All the best Davie

[stevesnaps1]

Another cracking fly thanks Davie.

[McBeever2k9]

Hi Davie,

Is the golden pheasant skin you showed the same as the skin in the background of the picture for the quinn shrimp video?

Paul

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi Paul,

Yes it is, I use it a lot when I'm taking photos especially for the classic salmon flies...ATB Davie

[abeltri]

Another good looking pattern! Thanks for sharing...

[hunthicks]

Another stunner, I love spey style flies, just about every fish on the east coast thinks they look great!

[JamesGillFlyTying]

Another great fly Davie, and expertly tyed.

Well Done

[woodysflies]

Gorgeous and great tips for manipulating feather fibers. Thank You so much!

[viking438]

Great fly, very good tying. Thanks!