03-31-2011, 08:28 PM
Okay, I have been stewing this in my head as my gear is all packed up for the Utah Fly Tying Expo this weekend, so I have not done this personally.
Macfly asked me if you could just attach a stinger hook to the end of the Chenille. I agree with his concern that Chenille isn't strong enough.
Sooooo, I will try to explain my thinking. Use Kevlar thread which you can get at any fly fishing supplier, or Spyder Wire. They are both like fabric feeling material and limper than using mono.
Now take a piece of either, attach it to the main hook before you add anything else.
By attach I mean, the length of the hook, use your tying thread and tie it in like wire or ribbing, down the sides of the hook. Cover it good with thread and it will not pull out. The piece needs to be long enough that you can fold it and have it as long as the chenille tail will be.
Attach the other end of the Kevlar or Spyder to the other sideof the hook so you now have a long loop off the back (again, the length of the chenille tail.)
Now, build the fly the way you normally would. When you are all done including that little marabou tuft on the end.
Take a straight eye or a down eye stinger hook. Thread the loop of Kevlar or Spyder through the eye of the stinger hook from the top of the hook.
Lay the chenille tail on the top of the hook
Take the loop over the back of the hook on top of the tip of the chenille tail and pull the stinger hook tight. What I am thinking is the tuft of marabou and end of the chenille are now under a loop of kevlar or Spyder and the hook secure.
Does this make sense?
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Macfly asked me if you could just attach a stinger hook to the end of the Chenille. I agree with his concern that Chenille isn't strong enough.
Sooooo, I will try to explain my thinking. Use Kevlar thread which you can get at any fly fishing supplier, or Spyder Wire. They are both like fabric feeling material and limper than using mono.
Now take a piece of either, attach it to the main hook before you add anything else.
By attach I mean, the length of the hook, use your tying thread and tie it in like wire or ribbing, down the sides of the hook. Cover it good with thread and it will not pull out. The piece needs to be long enough that you can fold it and have it as long as the chenille tail will be.
Attach the other end of the Kevlar or Spyder to the other sideof the hook so you now have a long loop off the back (again, the length of the chenille tail.)
Now, build the fly the way you normally would. When you are all done including that little marabou tuft on the end.
Take a straight eye or a down eye stinger hook. Thread the loop of Kevlar or Spyder through the eye of the stinger hook from the top of the hook.
Lay the chenille tail on the top of the hook
Take the loop over the back of the hook on top of the tip of the chenille tail and pull the stinger hook tight. What I am thinking is the tuft of marabou and end of the chenille are now under a loop of kevlar or Spyder and the hook secure.
Does this make sense?
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