Barry, very nice tie. I had the privilege of meeting Bill Peabody, the originator of the Flat Wing in in Rhode Island, USA. He also has videos of the tying of this fly. Your tie is almost identical. Bill used less bucktail but it is a clone. This fly is fantastic for Stripers. Your videos are first class. I will make sure and watch more of them. I fish for fresh water trout here in North Carolina but I am a dedicated slat water fly. Stripers, Bonito, False Albicore, Sea Trout, Blues, etc. keep up the great work, Southernboysflies, Pete
Barry, beautiful flatwing! Great tip on the buck tail and waxing the JC. I struggled with buck tail when tying jigs for spin fishing until I read an article on what Bob Popovics uses for his hollow fleye. Now I use it for applications like you did. Was the hackle golden badger saddle? I have a Whiting American unique variant saddle that's sort of a reverse badger, the center is like a light dun and border is almost black. It's so beautiful I hate to pluck the feathers! ;-) I'll tell you Barry, you really inspire me to tie many patterns, I'm definitely trying this one with the materials I have. Thanks Barry, well done! 👍
Hi Joe, Thanks for the kind words it is a badger saddle but you can mix and match colours how ever you will have them, so don't use your unique variant on these most saddle hackle will do. Good luck!
Hi Barry, I just saw this vid; what can I say, superb as usual. I live in the NW USA(Seattle area) and have been tying and fishing flatwings for our searun cutthroat trout in the Puget Sound. This is one of the best flatwing instructional videos I've ever seen. The videography, and the script are very well thought out and the directions are very clear; that coupled with your usual "matter of fact" style really make the pattern approachable even for someone who has never tied a flatwing fly before. Do you tie multi-feather flatwings? I will admit that those still give me trouble and I'm sure watching a video of yours would go a long way toward clearing up a few questions I have. Thank you for this and all of your videos. -ira
Hi Ira, Thank you. Yes I do tie multi-feather flatwings. I am busy working too a deadline for my new tying book right now but I'll try and get one filmed soon.
Flatwings have always been on my "must try" list of flies....
This fantastic video is a genuine inspiration!!!!
Hi Mark, They are not only a great pattern to tie but they really work, Thanks!
Barry, very nice tie. I had the privilege of meeting Bill Peabody, the originator of the Flat Wing in in Rhode Island, USA. He also has videos of the tying of this fly. Your tie is almost identical. Bill used less bucktail but it is a clone. This fly is fantastic for Stripers. Your videos are first class. I will make sure and watch more of them. I fish for fresh water trout here in North Carolina but I am a dedicated slat water fly. Stripers, Bonito, False Albicore, Sea Trout, Blues, etc. keep up the great work, Southernboysflies, Pete
Hi Peter, thanks for the kind words and nice to hear that you think I have done it justice although my variant is a little meatier than the original!
My favourite saltwater bss flies in mackerel colours, and white with black grisly hackle.
I've been trying to tie a flat wing with poor success - thanks to your tip re leaving the fluff - it works every time - right on top. Thanks
Barry, beautiful flatwing! Great tip on the buck tail and waxing the JC. I struggled with buck tail when tying jigs for spin fishing until I read an article on what Bob Popovics uses for his hollow fleye. Now I use it for applications like you did. Was the hackle golden badger saddle? I have a Whiting American unique variant saddle that's sort of a reverse badger, the center is like a light dun and border is almost black. It's so beautiful I hate to pluck the feathers! ;-) I'll tell you Barry, you really inspire me to tie many patterns, I'm definitely trying this one with the materials I have. Thanks Barry, well done! 👍
Hi Joe, Thanks for the kind words it is a badger saddle but you can mix and match colours how ever you will have them, so don't use your unique variant on these most saddle hackle will do. Good luck!
The feather bender Great advice! Thanks! 🍺 Cheers!
Love this pattern....❤️👍
Thank you Luca.
Very nice thank you for sharing.
About to tie a few of these and see if they work for puget sound salmon!! Great pattern !!!
Have fun!
@@Thefeatherbender just so you know. This fly also works for salmon and coastal cutthroat trout!!! Thanks !!!!
Very nice pattern! Which thread do you use? It seems very thin!
Hi Andreas, its Dyneema 55, very thin and very strong.
Nice....thanks Bender, looks deadly.
Hi Barry, I just saw this vid; what can I say, superb as usual. I live in the NW USA(Seattle area) and have been tying and fishing flatwings for our searun cutthroat trout in the Puget Sound. This is one of the best flatwing instructional videos I've ever seen. The videography, and the script are very well thought out and the directions are very clear; that coupled with your usual "matter of fact" style really make the pattern approachable even for someone who has never tied a flatwing fly before. Do you tie multi-feather flatwings? I will admit that those still give me trouble and I'm sure watching a video of yours would go a long way toward clearing up a few questions I have. Thank you for this and all of your videos. -ira
Hi Ira, Thank you. Yes I do tie multi-feather flatwings. I am busy working too a deadline for my new tying book right now but I'll try and get one filmed soon.
Barry, that's great, now I can look forward to the video and a book. When do anticipate the book being available?
@@Thefeatherbender Were you able to get around to doing the multi-feather video? I can't remember seeing it, but I'd like to.
@@soundslikeorange not yet but I will.