Tying a Thunder Dunkeld with Davie McPhail.

[shady1042]

salmon or wet?



[DavieMcPhail]

Hi shady1042,

This is a wet fly and very good for catching Salmon, Sea Trout and Brown Trout..

All the best Davie

[spoilheaps]

Hey Davie, i noticed you tied you're saddle hackle from the head down. can i ask if this is prefered as i tye mine in at the back to the head. Nice tying

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi spoilheaps,

You can tye the hackle whatever way you like, this is simply the way that I like to do most of my palmered patterns...

All the best Davie

[skipperfox007]

Hi Davie, nice balanced fly looks fishy if you know what i mean still like the effect of the jungle cock they really look like eyes. Alan

[jamiekfc10]

hi Davie

are there any other materials that can be used for the throught as i dont have this material.

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi jamiekfc10,

A good sub for Jay is Guinea Fowl dyed blue but even if you don't have this just leave it out as it's a great fly with or without it.

All the best Davie

[htiggies]

Whats a good vise for a beginning fly tyer?

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi htiggies,

One of the best vises to start with and doesn't cost a lot would be a Rotatable Regent Vise, this has a side lever action which is very easy to use and holds the hook really well..

All the best Davie

[htiggies]

@htiggies

That sounds and looks like a great vise. Anything similiar I could buy in USA? Thanks for your timely response and the advice.

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi htiggies,

There's lots of good vises in America so the choice will come down to how much you want to pay. Th Regal is the best side lever you can buy, the Regent is the poor copy of this vise. Others worth the money and in no preference is the Norvice and HMH which you will see demonstrated here on Youtube and finally the Dyna-King..These are a bit more expensive to the vise I spoke about earlier but will last you a life time..

All the best Davie

[McBeever2k9]

Will you be adding any new videos soon? they're very enjoyable!!

[door2yourheart]

Just amazing tying as always! Thanks Davie!

[Kendo2007]

Loving the intro Davie, and as always great video and excellent looking fly one Im defo going to try and tie up for some sea trout on the Kelvin, whats the fly in the intro it kind of looks like an Orange Allys Shrimp?

As always

Kenny

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi Kenny,

If you are coming along on Sunday I'll tye you one..

All the best Davie

[martalog121]

thanks a lot for posting so many flies Davie,keep up the awesome work

i went to Kitimat(BC,Canada ;)) ,end of July armed with almost all the salmon flies that you've posted,unfortunatelly this year the run was very very small

[txflytier]

Hi Davie

I ike that style of fly the look of it . I am glad to see how you did the wing I have tried to ty a few flies with a mallard wing and they didnt look right will have to give it another try ..

Is that the fly you were fishing in the video? If not would you mind show it to us. It looked like it was alittle bigger.

Thanks for the Great Vids

Chance

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi Chance,

It's not the fly I tyed in the video, it's an orange shrimp with a copper body. I'll keep it in mind for the next salmon fly that I tye...

All the best Davie

[Jonatanost]

Really nice fly Davie! I'm getting my first fly tying stuff tomorrow, and I will tie many flies with help from your lessons. Thank you!

Just curious, how often do you fish?

Tight lines,

Jonatan

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi Jonatanost,

I used to fish a lot especially when I was a fishery manager and as well when I ghillied on the river. I try and find time to fish a couple of times a week either early in the morning or like tonight the last three hours before it is dark at this time of year..

All the best Davie

[GreyBuzzer]

As always, another great fly...  Nice to put a face to voice.

Many thanks for all you do for us. ;)