The deal is as follows...
- Send in a step by step photo fly tying guide for any FOL fly to sales@fliesonline.co.nz and the best 3 photo tying guides will win!
- 1st prize is 100 FOL flies and a one year subscription to New Zealand Trout Fisher
- 2nd prize is 50 FOL flies
- 3rd prize is 25 FOL flies
- Tying guides MUST BE OF A FOL PATTERN. Don't worry if you version is slightly different.
- Tying guides have to be your own photos and not be under copyright anywhere else
- Tying guides have to have step by step instructions on how to complete the tying of the fly from start to finish
- You must include the materials you are tying with
- Photos have to be in colour and not be bigger than 300k (per photo)
- Please try and have one colour in the background
- You can enter as many times as you like
- Please see the example below to get a better idea of what we are looking for NOTE Some of my pictures have not resized well for the net, I do apologise (I certainly wouldn't win!)
GOOD LUCK
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Front Weighted BH Hare & Copper
Hook: #10 Daiichi Grub hook
Weight: Lead wire 0.
Bead: Gold tungsten 3.3mm
Tail: Orange cock fibres
Body: Hares mask dubbing
Rib: Copper wire (fine)
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Thread the bead onto the hook. If the hole through your bead is larger at one end, face the smaller end to the eye of the hook.
Bind some thread down the hook.
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At this point it is recommended to cement the thread. It gives the fly a bit of extra strength it stops it sliding down the hook. |
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Tie on the orange cock fibres. Make sure they are well down the curve of the hook. It is good to have between 8-12 fibres.
Then trim the over shoot with scissors.
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Tie in the copper wire and set it aside. You will not need more than 70mm in length |
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Coat your thread in dubbing wax and add a sparse amount of hares mask as dubbing. |
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Wind the dubbing half way up the hook. Tie in the lead wire and wind that up to the bead. |
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Continue to wind the dubbing up to the bead and cover the lead wire.
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Then wind the copper wire over the length of the fly, you should get about 10 winds in total. |
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Make sure you give the fly a good dowsing in head cement. |
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At the end pluck out some of the dubbing fibres to get a spiky look. |
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