Tying a Feather Winged Parachute (Ginger Quill) by Davie McPhail

[tiliomv]

Hi Davie,

Thank you very much for your videos. I really like it and is very helpfull to me, because I am learing a lot.

I am from Brazil, and I am certain that your flytying videos is the best in internet.

Regards,

Tílio

[Salfordian35]

Hi Davie, I am hoping to start fly tying/dressing in the next 7 days, I find your videos really helpful and i'm sure will learn a lot from you..

Thak you so much for sharing your talent with us

Chris

[garix51]

Wonderful!!!

[calibuso23]

thank you very much i am having trouble tying flies with that kind of wing..now that i've seen your video, i am able to make one.. :)

[DrMedWurst1]

wow...first class fly! looks very good. thank you.

[skipperfox007]

Hi Davie. beautiful looking fly, those wings look pristine, what a great idea pulling the waste back to form a post, great lesson in tying. Regards Alan

[youngoutdoorsman2001]

Wow, thats a really nice fly.

[Tommo158]

Hi Davie

Another beautiful fly made to look easy in your hands. Not so easy for us mere mortals :-) How do you keep the mallard feather together? Mine always split ans look terrible. Am I just a clumsy git or is there a knack to it?

I always buy my winged dries because I can't get the wings to look right.

Cheers again for the videos

Tom

[fluebinder]

You tie beautiful flies. I know, because i have done this for 6 year by now.. It`s not easy to performe good flies like this one

But there is one thing i personaly think you should stop doing, and that is to start at the hook eye with the tread.. It`s easier to make a nice "head" on the fly you attach the tread at the middle of the hook..... Im not trying to be "a know it all", but mu english is limited so i don`t know to say it itherwise

Sorry my bad english :)

[FrankB1191]

@fluebinder

The hook's metal is slippery, and laying down a base of thread keeps the materials from sliding around. With some flies, this isn't as critical as others, but Davie's technique is not uncommon. Some tyers even apply head cement to the bare hook, and then wrap the hook shank with thread.

[fluebinder]

@FrankB1191

The hook`s methal is slippery indeed, but ive never had problems with my flies last 5 years. I normaly attatch the thread at the middle of the hook and make a base of thread where im going to use materials. Like a sbs "basemaking". I do never attatch my thread at the hook eye anymore.

Im not trying to tell what`s the best. Davie is an exelent flytyer who know hes work. He can feel free to tye the way he likes, and i will tye the way i prefer

Cheers Magnus

[kmihaiko]

this is real art !!!

thank for shareing with us.

best regards, Mihai

[NiNj4k0S]

i wish i could tie this fly so good like you do, to see it in action.... :/

[BOW3015]

amazing!!

[dpatch777]

That's a very clever idea to pull back the slips in order to lock the wings into position and also to give yourself a post for the parachute.

[humbldsrvnt]

i've watched 100's of instructional videos for dry flies and haven't been able to find one that ties this style of wing. Trout seem to love this style of wing on lazier streams... I once experimented with trout rising to sulfurs and the ones with this type of wing caught 3 to 1! You truly make it look easy and the parachute version is the first i've ever seen. I can't wait to tie some up and test them on some local streams! Keep em coming!

[vickaid]

Another quick Q for you... Will the B175 be too heavy for this fly??

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi vickaid,

You could get away with it in the smaller sizes like a 14 but any bigger you would need a lot more hackle to keep it up..

All the best Davie

[vickaid]

Where do you get your mallard quills from?? I'm having touble some down. Also what do you mean by ginger quill?

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi vickaid,

You will easily find Mallard wings in most tackle shops that stock fly tying materials but I bought mine from the Glasgow Angling Centre. The fly is simply named after the materials used, ginger hackle and the peacock quilled body.

All the best Davie

[spuffchops70]

I've never seen this method for tying split winged dries before. Tying the waste of the wing slips back to hold the wings upright & true. Thanks for sharing your cunning!

[pikeflyfisherman]

Davie !!!!

If You left the waste piece of the mallard on at 2:47 and stuck a hackle on it It would be a great sedge immatater !!!!!!

Dunnoh If you noticed ahah

Nice fly anyway mate

Ive been thinking about tying one like this for a while but never knew how to go about it

Thanks !!!

[brandollarz]

never would of thought it!

i use deer hair as a post or poly pro, never a wing feather, great idea davie

cheers tight lines

[SophieLovesLeon]

great fly davie