Tie the Sheep Fly, an Appalachian classic, this Saturday Aug. 13) on The Tying Bench

[Steve Hudson]

This Saturday (August 13) at 10 a.m. Eastern on The Tying Bench, we'll be tying the Sheep Fly. It's one of those classic Appalachian patterns that has endured, and once you tie and fish it you will see why!

I hope to see you there!

Materials needed to tie the Sheep Fly:

HOOK: 2XL nymph hook, size 6-14. I like size 10.

WEIGHT (optional but recommended): Fine lead-free weighting wire, sized for the hook you are using.

THREAD: 6/0 black.

TAIL: Fibers from a brown hen feather. Many types of feather fibers can be used here.

BODY: Gray dubbing (muskrat). A somewhat coarse blend is good!

LEGS (HACKLE): Brown hen feather

WINGS: Two grizzly feather tips


Other things you will need:
1) Dubbing wax

ZOOM Login Details:
Meeting ID: 883 7596 1590
Passcode: FlyTying13 [two capital letters, no spaces]

 

[NCHillbilly]

It's a goodun. I've caught some nice fish on those over the years.

 

[turkeykirk]

Just curious. If I just wanted to watch what do you do?

 

[trad bow]

Steve shows you how to tie the fly step by step. Goes slow enough for you to tie as he goes along

 

[NCHillbilly]

Just curious. If I just wanted to watch what do you do?

Go to Zoom, and enter that meeting ID and passcode.

 

[turkeykirk]

Go to Zoom, and enter that meeting ID and passcode.

Thanks

 

[trout maharishi]

 

[trout maharishi]

BTW, not trying to take anything away from Steve, he did a nice job to. I always like to see the originator or several people tie a pattern. Kevin, his dad, and uncle learend to tie the fly from the originator