Hi today i will show how I tie my version of the WD-40.
This is going to be a black version of it but you can tie it in olive, brown, grey and white, they will all produce, but have in mind that with black I'm going for a midge imitation.
It's a great fly for pressured waters, tailwaters and stillwater nymphing.
Here is the material list:
Now let's tie!
1- Smash the hook barb to get the bead to slide in, securely attach the hook to the vise and lay a thread base all the way to the middle of the hook bend.
2-Grab a hackle feather and pull between 5 to 10 hackle barbs for a tail(mallard can be used here but this works as good and cheaper) and tie it in.
3-Using your thread make a nice tapered body.
4- Grab you hackle again and pull from the feather about 10 to 15 barbs this time, they will be used for a wing case, and tie them in.
5-After your wing case tied in grab a small pinch of dubbing and make a slim noodle (less is more with dubbing, you can always had more if needed).
6-Wrap you dubbing to form a thorax of about the same thickness of the bead and tie down you wing case right behind the bead(you should be able to pull the thread in the space between the bead and the dubbing to hide the thread).
7- Whip finish you fly and you're all done.
PS: Some people add UV resin to the wing case, it will add some more durability to it, but if you want to whip 20 of these per hour you will skip this as well.
Hope you enjoyed it and stay tuned to the blog, this week will be dedicated to stillwater nymphing patterns and tips.
Tight lines!
Rui Machado
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