I love this fly tying style.This is a awesome fly..looks great and the rear station is nice . I have a few questions about this fly. You transform the hook into a shank. Why not just fish with the hook. And my second question is: if this is tied on a shank, you can also tie it as an OLD SCHOOL method. Thank you very much for th answer. Regards Ton
A really nice thing to do with schlappen feathers if you want them to move freely is to mix a 50/50 mix of water and bleach on a plate and on a separate plate mix some water and baking soda. Put the Schlappen feathers in groups of 3 or 6 depending upon how deep your dish is (most bowls aren't wide enough) into the bleach/water mix and swish it back and forth looking carefully at the webbing on the feather. As soon as you see the webbing start to melt away, remove the feathers and swish them in the baking soda/water dish to neutralize the bleach. Then rinse it in plain water and dry it between two sheets of paper towels. If you need it drier before using it, put the feathers in a paper bag, stick a hair dryer in and the end of the bag and turn it on. That works with all kinds of feather. I usually wash my feathers before adding them to my collection because they look better and handle more easily. Now when you tie this into your fly, those Schlappen fibers move really easily and independently instead of clumping together. I was shown how to do that back in the early 1992 (maybe 1993) by Steve Gobin. We tied two flies that day, one of which was the Black King Spey Fly using Schlappen feathers for the Spey Hackle ribbing. I later caught some Atlantic Salmon on the Umba River of the Kola Peninsula in Russia with that fly in July of 1993.
Really enjoyed your video on this Intruder! Thanks!
I love this fly tying style.This is a awesome fly..looks great and the rear station is nice .
I have a few questions about this fly.
You transform the hook into a shank. Why not just fish with the hook.
And my second question is: if this is tied on a shank, you can also tie it as an OLD SCHOOL method.
Thank you very much for th answer.
Regards
Ton
Well done
Thanks, Bob!
A really nice thing to do with schlappen feathers if you want them to move freely is to mix a 50/50 mix of water and bleach on a plate and on a separate plate mix some water and baking soda. Put the Schlappen feathers in groups of 3 or 6 depending upon how deep your dish is (most bowls aren't wide enough) into the bleach/water mix and swish it back and forth looking carefully at the webbing on the feather.
As soon as you see the webbing start to melt away, remove the feathers and swish them in the baking soda/water dish to neutralize the bleach. Then rinse it in plain water and dry it between two sheets of paper towels. If you need it drier before using it, put the feathers in a paper bag, stick a hair dryer in and the end of the bag and turn it on. That works with all kinds of feather. I usually wash my feathers before adding them to my collection because they look better and handle more easily.
Now when you tie this into your fly, those Schlappen fibers move really easily and independently instead of clumping together. I was shown how to do that back in the early 1992 (maybe 1993) by Steve Gobin. We tied two flies that day, one of which was the Black King Spey Fly using Schlappen feathers for the Spey Hackle ribbing. I later caught some Atlantic Salmon on the Umba River of the Kola Peninsula in Russia with that fly in July of 1993.
Hi Dan, great tip!