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Trout Fishing Tips - Fly Tying tips 
Fly tying tips
- The trout dry flies are common in the market. One of the oldest
among them is the Adams. It is the typical dry fly that can be used
to attract a trout. The following steps will help you to make an
Adams on your own.
- Take a pair of hen hackles that are matching and place them face
to face with the convex sides inwards.
- Place the wings above the hook to measure the required length.
Generally the length can be equal to the length of the hook shank,
measured from the eye to the start of the hook bend. Once the length
is set, make a nail mark on the stem of the hackles and cut at this
point.
- Next the hackle tips have to be stripped, with feathers making a
45-degree angle downwards with the left side of the hook shank.
- The next step is to split the wing with the roll moving in the
forward direction. Make a roll in the forward and downward direction
between the wings with your fingernail. This will keep the two
hackles apart in the forward- down position. When you stop rolling,
they will return to the vertical position.
- Next part is the tail. The tail is made of a mix of Brown and
Grizzly hackle fibers. The length of the tail can be equal to that
of the hook shank. Take a bunch each of the Brown and Grizzly
hackles, measure them, and tie the bunches one after another.
- The tying process starts again. This is the basic step in fly
tying and it requires a meticulous practice and patience. Not
adhering to the perfection will cost the efforts you put in making a
fly. Keeping the tail fibers in your left hand, place them on the
hook and raise the bundle a little. Roll the thread around them to
bring the fibers up and on the top of the hook. Continue tying to
the end of the bundle till it reaches the point above the barb. This
is the point where the tail is free from the body of the fly.
- The thread rolling should move the fibers upwards on the top of
the shank. Wrap the thread firmly around the shank to the end of the
body. If necessary, you can trim the tail after this tying. Tapering
or convex curve can be ideal for trimming. No square cuts.
- Once you reach rolling the thread near to the first wrap area,
move the tip of the wrap to the hook. Again roll the thread all the
way to the area behind the wings.
- The stem of the Grizzly hackle will be seen a little between the
wings. This is wrapped the last. The last binding wrap should go
towards the tail where the hackle bends and the barbs stand up. The
Brown hackle is also tied in this manner, shiny side facing towards
you.
- The last step is to bind the Brown hackles forward over the eye.
This tying will soften the stem wrapping. One more wrapping is done
with a second hackle binding down the last wrap of the Grizzly
hackle.
- Ready for the whip finish.
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