Green drake help

[albud1962]

Trying to tie in ostrich herl like this fly. Any tips or recommendations?

 

[Fishidiot]

It looks as if this fly is tied from rear to front (like most flies) and utilizes clumps of gill material (the ostrich herl) that are tied in along the shank of the hook. After each clump is tied in using your thread and bobbin, then a turn is made of the white yarn bringing the yarn ahead of the herl. In other words, you tie the herl clumps individually, then palmer the white yarn forward, then tie the next herl clump; repeat until you get up to the front of the fly.

 

[Maurice]

revese engineer it....take it apart from eye to bend and see how they did it.

 

[PennKev]

That doesn't look like ostrich. It looks like marabou or something fluffy of that nature.

 

[IdratherbePhishing]

Fish idiot is spot on. The way to do it is individual wraps.

 

[CRB]

Try using an after shaft from a pheasant skin. This feather is underneath the outside body feathers.

 

[wbranch]

It absolutely is ostrich plume and I also agree with Fishidiot about the recipe. I would tie in the body material at the bend. The gills (ostrich) look quite dense so I would tie in 3 - 4 brown ostrich feathers at the bend of the hook, then I would twist them a couple of times, then bring each twisted fibers to near the eye and wrap it off, then go back and repeat with the other ostrich fibers. Then palmer the body material over and in between the ostrich so you can achieve the effect of gills.

 

[nfrechet]

tie in marabou tail

tie in wire rib

tie 2 strands of marabou 1 on each side

tie in body material and wrap forward

pull marabou strands on each side of body an tie off

rib the fly with the wire

finish the thorax area

go fishing

other ways

https://www.flydreamers.com/en/fly-tying/view-250/gilled-chiloporter

http://johanput.nl/step-by-step-articles/articlesbs-beatis-nymph/

http://hatchesmagazine.com/blogs/Hatches/2011/09/28/g-nymph-by-lucian-vasies/