
Step 1
Take a pair of matched wings and cut part of the feather away along the stem from roughly the same position on each feather.
Proportions are usually :- thickness of the wing = width of hook bend.
Loading...
Take a pair of matched wings and cut part of the feather away along the stem from roughly the same position on each feather.
Proportions are usually :- thickness of the wing = width of hook bend.
Place both the feathers together and grip between the thumb and index finger. When the grip tension is released these should try and spread outwards. If they try to spread inwards then they are the wrong way round and need reversing.
Measure the length of the feathers, these should be roughly the length of the hookshank from the tying in point on the hook.
Hold the feathers with your left hand using the thumb and index finger at the exact position on them where you measured the tying in point.
Pull the bobbin upwards and lay the thread in between the thumb and index finger.
Now drop the thread back down the other side. (I 've let go of the tension on the thread so that you can see the loop). Make sure that the downward thread goes between the thumb and index finger again. We now need to repeat this procedure again. Make sure that the next up and downward movements of thread go between the thumb and index finger again but the thread this time needs to go in front of the previous loop.
Still pinching the feathers, Pull the thread vertically. This will compress the feathers at the tying in point.
With the feathers compressed , perform a few more wraps of thread to secure the wing. Make sure these wraps are towards the eye and not backwards towardds the thumb and index finger.
All that needs doing now is to trim the waste ends.
The finished wing.
![]()
Hare's Ear Flashback
![]()
Concrete Bowl
![]()
Griffiths Gnat
![]()
Apps Bloodworm
![]()
Montana
![]()
Muddler Daddy
![]()
Goldhead Bloodworm
![]()
Nomad
![]()
Hare's Ear
![]()
Parasol Buzzer
![]()
Humungus
![]()
Black Gnat (Wet)
![]()
White Wingless Wickhams
![]()
Montana Pheasant Tail
![]()
Foam Beetle
![]()
Wickham's Fancy
![]()
Mobile Montana
![]()
Baby Doll
![]()
Klinkhamer
![]()
Stickfly
![]()
CDC Emerger
![]()
Blob
![]()
Brassie Buzzer
![]()
Black Gnat
![]()
Woolly Bugger
![]()
Wickham's Snatcher
![]()
Palmered Red Tag
![]()
Dawsons Olive
![]()
Warm Springs Caddis
![]()
F-Fly
![]()
Undertaker
![]()
Straggle Pheasant Tail Nymph
![]()
Tadpole (Taddy)
![]()
Bi-Visible
![]()
Bibio
![]()
Silver Sparkler
![]()
Kate McLaren
![]()
Minkie
![]()
Black and Peacock (Dry)
![]()
Cormorant
![]()
Dawson's Olive
![]()
Adams
![]()
Black Tiny Miracle Buzzer
![]()
Black and Peacock Spider
![]()
Cat's Whisker
![]()
Hot Orange Wingless Wickhams
![]()
Black Pennell
![]()
Daddy
![]()
Flashback Damsel
![]()
Matchstick Buzzer
![]()
Parachute Adams
![]()
Thorax Adams
![]()
Red Tiny Miracle Buzzer
![]()
Humungus
![]()
Corixa
![]()
UV Straggle Hare's Ear
![]()
Flexifloss Buzzer
![]()
Diawl Bach
![]()
Olive Tiny Miracle Buzzer
![]()
Bristol Hopper
![]()
Red Tag
![]()
Goddard Caddis
![]()
Yellow Dancer
![]()
Ice Buzzer
![]()
Zulu
![]()
Pheasant Tail Nymph
![]()
Haemoglobin Buzzer
![]()
CDC Emerger
![]()
Cruncher
![]()
Flexifloss Buzzer
![]()
Beaded Bloodworm
![]()
Viva
![]()
Okay Dokey
![]()
Fritz Lure
![]()
Black Pensioner