Tying a 3 minute Rusty Rat with Davie McPhail

[NallekarkkiStudio]

No offense, but I have to say this. 3 minute Rusty Rat tied in four minutes ;)

[marcmadore]

Hello Davie, well done as usual. Warren and I spent many great days together tying together and talking about materials and fishing and a few snorts of good stuff. He was a great friend and missed by so many. Thanks for keeping his legacy alive Marc

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi Marc,

I can honestly say that Warren was one of the best tyers and demonstrators I had ever met, a wonderful man and a great embassador to the fly tying world. I would have loved to have sat down and tyed with him as I know I would have had the time of my life...

All the best Davie

[chrissixt8]

Brilliant Davie, really enjoyed that one

[mckiller45]

are you able to look at a completed pattern youve not tied before and replicate it?

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi mckiller45,

If I have the materials then most times I can, but if it's away from the normal style of fly then I will sit down and tye a few to get the just of it and most importantly the shape and style...

All the best Davie 

[squintygnatbug]

did you say it was "tied by a guy in Duncan" as in duncan BC?

[squintygnatbug]

nice job Mr. McPhail, being from the west coast of Canada, I think this fly should work wonders on Steelhead. Thank you.

[enfginho]

What's your varnish?

Like allways nice flie.

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi enfginho,

I'll send you a link to the varnish I use..It's from Veniards..

All the best Davie

[enfginho]

@DavieMcPhail Thanks Davie

[pablohoney78]

Brilliant Davie.

[FrankB1191]

Now that was fun, Davie! I'd become so accustomed to you taking your time, and wasn't expecting this. Great looking fly, and many thanks.

[MrFlundra]

A really nice fly Davie!

I can see, or I suppose, that your Peacock Herl is a good sort with very nice quality, where do you buy these herl?

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi MrFlundra,

I bought the Peacock Herl from the Glasgow Angling Centre, they were the large plumes from Veniards so if you know a local shop that sells Veniard products then they should be able to help you..Let me know how you get on..

All the best Davie

[MrFlundra]

@DavieMcPhail

Thank you for answer Davie!

I'll see what I can find, I know there is one shop with Veniards products.

Regards,

Pontus

[Dumassdane]

Best rat I've ever seen! Would love to see more steelhead spey flies. Anything in a large Alec Jackson or Partridge hook would do the trick. The pacific northwest rivers take very well to your flies. Thanks much, Dane

[sasquatch446]

How long you been tying Davie? Wonderful by the way!

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi sasquatch446,

I started tying in 1983 and all I tyed at first was dry flies for the river Ayr where I live, but I fished the river Doon and Loch Doon when I was a boy with traditional wet flies but these were tyed by my uncles..

All the best Davie

[hunthicks]

I can tie a rat in 3 minutes, but it sure won't look like that! Great job as always davie!

[drjoe200fooo]

warren was a good,smart and knowlegeable tyer he used to come to the fly tying show that the club i belong to holds every march he also lived only an hours drive from me and i hear stories of him every time i go and tie flies with the club The fly you have is a beaut davie but yours at 3:21 is just as good very fast tying very fast and another beautiful video thank you for posting these it makes me want to start doing my own videos and uploading them on here as well thank you again

[drjoe200fooo]

go davie go go go davie slow down lol

[sohosohigh]

amazing fast tying, guess it would take me a good 10 min. useually i can see a tying vid like 4-5 times while actually tying it once, but i must say u have improved my tying greatly and thank u for that

all the best and tight lines Claus

[troutpoo]

cool well done

[urbanflyman36]

3 minutes 21 seconds without the varnish Davie now that is amazing my friend , great job ,,,just thought i would see just how long it actually took .

[urbanflyman36]

great love it when you put up new flee to try out , ill be trying a few out this season and hope that if i can get the cast and the fishing of the flee right then ill manage a fish too ,,,cheers and thanks again for all the effort made for our amusement....

Derek.

[tjmfishing]

Thanks Davie, that was pretty quick. That is a beautiful fly you have there up on the wall. Thanks for sharing.