Fly Tying a Comparadun fly with Barry Ord Clarke

A little tutorial on how to choose the right deer hair and tie a comparadun wing.
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[@shawndoe2834]

Absolutely beautiful. I loved watching the deer hair fan out when the thread was tightened.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Shawn!

[@justinhedges2151]

Love the tutorial. Due to the simple design and short material list I think this fly is a great option to build a "complete" mayfly box featuring a wide range of sizes and colors to match any hatch. New project.

[@joeduca8582]

Great tutorial and techniques, thanks Barry. 👍

[@hirkojs]

Mega Thx Barry !!! That was an Amazing tying performance ! If I can become half as good at tying as you are in the future then I’ll be very pleased.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thank you, good luck!

[@ipod1978]

Stunning pattern Barry. Great tip too regarding the hair stacker base pads

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Junior.

[@delawarepro3539]

Simply the best tying technique/pattern! 🏆

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks DP.

[@silvertip8k278]

Who in the world would give a thumbs down to a fly tying video... really...barry rocks...

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thank you Silvertip!

[@borsey]

Great tip about the hackle stacker Barry. I did not know about taking off the cushion on the bottom them. Excellent tutorial & thanks for sharing.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Hi James, good to hear you found it useful , I am sure you will notice the difference.

[@flytyer2368]

Beautiful work as always Barry!

[@Thefeatherbender]

Why thank you sir.

[@redshaftedflicker]

such a fantastic tie, nice and clean

[@TheXeniaman]

Well done, Barry. I love the way you control those elk hair fibers on the tail to keep them from flaring.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks, appreciate the feed back!

[@MultiHerf]

Your posts are great Barry thanks

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Dave.

[@jackreeves3001]

Thanks for sharing. Fun pattern.

[@jaredwalterwilson]

Only two minutes into this video and I stopped to say thank you for your honesty. "That's like a chocolate kettle". I'm going to have to use that one in the future. Seriously though, too many videos don't go into enough detail about those sorta things. Much appreciated. Looking forward to all your videos.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Walter, so pleased that you are finding them useful.

[@scottgraham3492]

That looks beautiful to me, you make it look very easy to make one of those flies!

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@eusebiogarcia1383]

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[@brianjameson8261]

Excellent Barry...

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thank you Brian.

[@Grouse2275]

Great instruction and method!! Thanks!!

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Craig.

[@tomfisher3117]

Beautiful fly. I'm hoping to employ your techniques. Thanks so much!

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Tom, good luck with them.

[@reserrvoirman]

Great tutorial, I’ve noticed you live your deer hair lol. Your good with it. Thanks for sharing.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Hi Stan thanks, yes I love my deer hair!

[@pat6888]

you work very well it's clean and talented.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thank you.

[@kerrypitt9789]

I have the original book on the subject of Comparaduns, by Swisher and Richards. I have not fished them much but it is one of those things I intend to get but seem to never quite get there!
Perhaps now is a good time!

[@GeorgeSemel]

I have been tying these since 1980!

[@Thefeatherbender]

Me too George.

[@patriziolamparelli9259]

bellissima da costruire rende molto bene l'imitazione

[@tobbis88xxx]

Another great video, thank you:)

[@Thefeatherbender]

Takk Thorbjørn.

[@daltoonfly9436]

I get inspired / copied by watching your videos. Congratulations!

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thank you Dalto.

[@user-mb1hg4qu9f]

👍🏻👍🏻 Very nice!

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thank you !

[@paulmauricio3600]

Thank you and what a very nice tye. I never thought of using wax for the wing prep, no wonder why they always roll on me.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Glad to help Paul.

[@robertperman8967]

Very nice ty!!! Tight lines🪰🐜🦗!!!!!

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks.

[@grahamlonergan8964]

Great tying thank you

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Graham.

[@RockyPhillips]

Beautifully done Barry. Gonna do a tutorial on wings in our Facebook group for Beginners and I'm gonna talk about the compardun

[@Thefeatherbender]

Sounds great! Good luck with it Rocky!

[@nicholasbehan5373]

All ways struggling with hackles
Thanks Barry

[@Thefeatherbender]

Hi Nicholas, you should take a look at my hackle tutorials.

[@rockartgeorge]

Thanks for watching? It's the easy part. Thanks for sharing sir. Do you tie dragonflies?

[@Thefeatherbender]

LoL, you can find a damsel fly here: ruclips.net/video/3f0tnMUhh9E/видео.html

[@glideman]

Nice 👍

[@au46tro9]

precision is virtue in flytying. I always make mistakes when it comes to proportioning the wing.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Once the basic skills are mastered to perfection, they become the advanced skills...

[@ibookje]

Nice & well done!
However I'd tie the wing a bit further from the eye, like 1/3 as in wings of hackled dry flies

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks, sounds interesting, give it a go.

[@DanielA-mp2sk]

Very cool

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thank you.

[@joohara1985]

amazing

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Jo.

[@melvynwood2824]

Nice fly Barry. Not bad for a Lanc.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Melvyn.

[@backcast4220]

The comparadun is a great pattern, however my biggest issue with tying this pattern is that it takes a lot of wrapping to keep the wing upright.
One way to overcome this is to tie in half the amount of deer hair pointing to the rear of the hook, then clip off the butt ends just back from the hook eye. Then take a similar clump of hair and tie it in with tips pointing forwards and melding the 2 clumps of hair together.
This way the wing stands perfectly vertical and allows for a much slimmer dubbed body.

[@Thefeatherbender]

I'll give that a go, thanks for the tip.

[@daddysealtx]

do you ever leave a couple short forward facing hairs blackened with a black sharpee to resemble antenna?

[@Thefeatherbender]

Hi never done it on this pattern, but should maybe give it a go!

[@ikramakhmedov1168]

Wow👏👍

[@pietrozanocco9012]

👍

[@Thalarctos.]

💖

[@lincolnjohnson5129]

How do you get your wings to fan out 180 degrees? Every time I try to tie this, they always point in one direction. I don't know if maybe I'm just not using enough elk hair or what.

[@Thefeatherbender]

It's important to use the correct hair that will flare just right and once your hair is secure, wrap forward through the hair before you tie off behind the hook eye.

[@lincolnjohnson5129]

@@ThefeatherbenderThat (almost) completely solved my issue. I wasn't wrapping my thread forward so it didn't really react. My only issue now is having the correct hair. Thanks a lot!

[@briggs13a]

Do you catch more fish on no hackle flies?

[@Thefeatherbender]

Hi Mike, I would have to say no, but sometimes a no hackle fly can give presentation that little extra that is required. They fish lower in the surface film.

[@Im118ish]

Kinda nice to see one of the fly tying gods have minor troubles with the occasional stray hackle fiber 🤣

[@Thefeatherbender]

It does occasionally happen... :-)

[@user-lo2sc4dd1f]

Класс!👍🤝🇰🇿

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thank you.

[@garynicholson2855]

I tie mine with a lot less deer hair.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Excellent!

[@the_forgotten_angler]

you've got to have the PERFECT hair consistency to get that fabulous wing....never buy comparadun hair online, get it at your local shop so you can feel it first.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thats a great tip everyone!!

[@kjellgustavsson1499]

This is a sink fly.

[@Thefeatherbender]

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