Tying the Posh Tosh (Variant) with Davie McPhail.

Tying the Posh Tosh (Salmon Fly) with Davie McPhail.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Fly
• Tying
• Posh
• Tosh
• Salmon
• FlyFishing
• Davie
• McPhail.

[spaycast]

Hi Davie,

The templedog version with the yellow fox looks great, i was wondering what order you put the materials on, is it the bucktail first, then yellow fox then black wing? also do you roll the yellow fox all around the hook or just underneath?

Look forward to all your videos, tied some of your gold bodied willie gunn tubes and found your technique for rolling the bucktail a great help.

Many thanks.

Alan.

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi Alan(spaycast),

I would normally put the stiffest hair on first like the bucktail to help support the softer hair and as well to help stop the hair wrapping the hook..The Willie Gunn is the best fly you could have in your box anywhere there's salmon...Thanks for the kind words about the videos and flies...

All the best Davie

[TheSeatrout]

Hi dave Im new to fly tying and was just wondering if it would be ok to use shlappen hackle instead of the chinese cock hackle your using ..i only have that in charteuse at the minute P.S your videos are absoloutly great , there helping me alot ..thanks for taking e time o do them ....are you planning on doing anymore salmon flies :) Thanks

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi TheSeatrout,

Schallpen hackles will do fine as I have used many colours of them in this way, I will probably be tying more flies in the future and thankyou very much for the kind words...

Have a Happy New Year when it arrives....ATB Davie

[robbiemenzies]

hi could you tell me where you source the chartreuse chinese cock hackles from

thanks.

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi robbiemenzies,

I have sent you a link to the cape that I ued in the video, but have a search on ebay as you can find some nice capes or even strung hackles which are very good as well..

All thhe best Davie

[sbleiler]

That is a FIRECRACKER!!

You've done more to improve my tying than all the books and magazines I've ever bought. Thank you!!

[TheSeatrout]

Thanks dave , ppreciate it All the best to you too... regards Dave ...

[helopoblgwyn]

Thanks

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi Deion,

I have sent you a link to the cape that I used in the video...ATB Davie

[helopoblgwyn]

hi Davie

ive tried to find the chartreuse hackle but i cant find any, do you know were to get them or do you dye them yourself

Thank you very much

Deion