First time tying a loop wing

[SlingerFlyRods]

tried my hand at a loop wing.. zoomed in quite a bit but this is a size 14, can be used for a variety of things. i think it will fish "OK" during the dark hendrickson/march brown events but if not, i'm totally ok with it.

Anyone else tie their wings in like this? A friend up north has been doing them for a while.. some people call them wonder wings, some loop wings, some wacky wings, but i venture to guess they are the same.

this one was used with a turkey feather.

 

[WingQuill]

I have a hard time tying them. A guy gave me a few to try one time down on Fishing Creek in Benton, and they worked really well.

 

[SlingerFlyRods]

going to try using other materials to create them.. ill probably extend the body and make the tail look a little more realistic

 

[GenCon]

I also do flys that I call loop wings. Here is a caddis emerger I do with CDC that is a killer fly. Also a parachute I do with zelon.
My zelon wings Tyger calls them comparachutes.

GenCon

 

[nfrechet]

that wing looks a little heavy

from the internet

 

[WingQuill]

I fished loop wings today on Pine Creek at Slate Run today and had a banner day. I was really surprised to see them being sold at a tackle shop that I visited yesterday in Wellsboro called Tackle Shack. I've never seen them being sold before. Nice shop with very friendly people behind the counter and a nice selection of flies that fit my budget. Will definitely be back.

 

[SlingerFlyRods]

Yes Tackle shack is the only one in that area i believe that carries them. They are being tied by Gods Country TroutFlies if you check him out on facebook,.

I've been having a pretty great past 3 trips at a local DHALO. using a dark hendrickson loop as well as a BWO loop i tied.

I tie them, but not nearly as well and efficient as Kev does.

and respect to your comment nfrechet, i havent had one sink not cast funny.. i changed the tail to 3 strands of moose mane and that helped balance it better..

after about 8 or 9 fish its time to scrap and use a new fly though.. and im completely ok with that

 

[nfrechet]

'heavy' had nothing to do with 'sinking'

 

[SlingerFlyRods]

you are right.. the 2nd part of my comment was supposed to say "nor" cast funny.. my typo says "not"

if that's not what you were referring to either then i guess i'll just wait for you to explain it. i'm not good at the guessing game behind a computer screen

 

[fishingnoob]

I believe what he was trying to say slinger is that it looks "heavy" in the aspect that the wing is falling back over the fly instead of being more like a post wing like the picture nfrechet posted. Then again that might have been what you were going for, just adding my two cents