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Flashtail Whistler Pike Bass Fly Tying Instructions Directions and How To Tie Tutorial
here we're going to tie fly called the
flash tail Whistler this is a Pike bass
peacock bass fly first thing we're going
to do is just get our thread started
we're going to take a large B chain eye
and we're going to put it almost all the
way up to the front of the hook I'm
going to leave a little bit of room so I
can tie off the fly at the end and you
can use lead eyes for this if you're
going to tie a heavy one but
traditionally the large B chain is used
and that's where the fly also gets its
name because this fly whistles the B
chain makes a noise when you cast it
next thing we're do is we're going to
take our thread all the way back to the
bend of the hook here we're going to tie
our first portion of the tail which is
going to be some white buck tail this
fly is meant to be fairly bulky so I'm
going to tie in a trunk of bucktail
that's about the diameter of a pencil
maybe a little bit less I'm going to
strip out all the short pieces guard
hairs I'm going to even up the butt ends
my scissors I don't give me something
here to tie in with I'm just going to
take that buck tail I'm going to just
bite down on it tie it right in
kind of roll it so it's right on top of
the shank of the hook I don't want it to
be underneath wrap back on this just a
hair
nice wide profile tail next thing to do
is to tie in the flash and you can use a
couple different colors can either use
silver which is traditionally what's
used or I use pearl I just like the
looks of pearl more so than the silver
if you're tying for pike or something
like that Silver's always a pretty good
bet you're going to take a very generous
clump of flash abbu I'd say probably
about 30-40 strands we're going to take
half of it we're going to tie it in
right in the half portion of the clump
right in the middle of it I'm gonna tie
it in I'm going to take the other
portion double it over I'm going to tie
it in right on top of the shank just
like so now when we trim it we're going
to want to trim it to be about an inch
longer than your tail
just like so now the next thing do is
tie nd over wing for this I'm going to
tie a red one so I'm going to use red
bucktail but it can be tied and lots of
different colors another common color is
yellow I take a similar size chunk about
the diameter of a pencil maybe a little
less and I'm going to want this to be
same length as the white portion of the
tail light bucktail so I just roughly
kind of measure it out trim off some of
the butt ends if I need to I'm going to
tie this end right at the front
it'll secure it
like so now the next thing to do is to
tie in the body or the gills for this
I'm going to use some chenille and I
like to use a flasher chenille I'm going
to use a pearl core braid in red I'm
just going to tie that in I'm just going
to build up a little bit of a body here
then you can capture it turn out the XS
now we're going to tie in the collar
which is just going to be some red
slapping actually I forgot to tie in the
sides for this we're just going to use a
grizzly feather it's going to be about
same length as the tails I'm just going
to tie that in on one side then I'll do
the same thing on the other side
and try to tie them in so that they lay
flat on each side now the next thing to
do is to tie in the color I'm going to
use a red or hot orange either one piece
of slap slapping
now once we have that tight end we can
use a pair of hackle pliers that makes
it easier for you I'm going to take that
piece of slapping each wrap I'm going to
pull the fibers back so they lay back
nice on the fly
and you can capture the fibers and I
usually like to take a few wraps just to
lay all the fibers back I grab them all
with your hands you can just lay down a
few wraps it doesn't have to be perfect
but there we go
and you can take your thread all the way
up to the front you can whip finish and
you have a Whistler Pike fly or peacock
bass fly works great down in the Amazon
for a peacocks and also up in Canada for
big Pike also works on largemouth you
can see it has a nice big profile pushes
water when you strip it very effective
good looking fly and then the finish you
can take your superglue I always used my
brush on zappa gap to finish off these
large flies especially ones that have
eyes just Koch the head and all the
thread and will help lock in those
thread wraps and your material also help
lock down the eyes that's all there is
to a Flash tail Whistler
