Tying a Hothead Copper John (Variant) by Davie McPhail.

Tying a Hothead Copper John (Variant) by Davie McPhail Ideal for Coloured water...

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• Fly
• Tying
• Flyfishing
• Copper
• John
• Hothead
• Nymph
• Davie
• McPhail

[shaneberkness22]

hi Davie I was looking in one of my fishng books and found a fly tying kit and I was wondering if it is hard to get the hang of but after I watched a couple of your videos I didnt find it that hard because you explain it so well and after a looked at a couple other videos I found that you were the best at exlpaining and tying flys. -Shane

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi Shane(shaneberkness22),

Thankyou very much, I'm glad my videos have helped you to start tying your own flies, if you need advice then just get back to me...

All the best Davie

[Jcscoob]

Davie yer a legend ;)) ....

thanks for a great tip .. varnish the thread, excelent :)

BTW - iv noticed you tie in your feathers at the point, where i tie them in at the root end, is there a reason for this ?? I have only been at it for a few years but am going to try the tie from the point method and see how it goes ;)

Jon :))

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi Jon (Jcscoob),

I tye the hackle in by the tip mostly due to the fact that the stems are too thick and cause a lot of bulk but if I find a good cape that has a fine stem then I would be happy to tye it in at the root..Another reason I may tye in by the tip is that the best colour and marks of the hackle are there..Thankyou for the kind words..

All the best Davie

[WEESTRAWZ]

Hi Davie,

Do you think you could use striped peacock eye for the body and add lead to compensate for the weight?

Tightlines,

~David

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi WEESTRAWZ,

You could easily use stripped peacock herl for the body, just form a taper with the thread as you don't need much more weight especially when using a tungsten bead..

All the best Davie

[WEESTRAWZ]

Hi Davie,

Excelent! Ill give them ago tonight!

TightLines,

~David

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi theswordsman09,

I would say easily the whole of Ireland especially Portrush in Co. Antrim haven't stopped partying yet or even anyone with Irish blood running through their veins....

All the best Davie

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi walkoabout,

I have a great pattern which is tyed very similar to the Tellico Nymph which I use on the rivers and at times on the lochs, I have a few to tye anyway and I should be able to film it being tyed....

All the best Davie

[theswordsman09]

hay davie great fly were u guys partyin in ireland when graeme mcdowell won?