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The Weave
BLACK AND PEARL GRUB Selection of material: Top : braid medium Each piece should be approximately 8 inches in length varying for the number of complete weaves or knots you make.
1. Basic weaving starts out as any other fly-tying. Place the hook in the vise and attach the thread and lay down a bed on the hook.
2. For the sake of description, I will using the colors black and white in an ultra chenille. Start by attaching the black material to the side of the hook opposite to you.
3. Attach the white on the side facing you.
4. Bind the materials down with a smooth flat wrap leaving no gap in the thread.
5. Level and build a tapered underbody, keeping your wraps close together. A tapering effect may be made by stopping each layer of wrap at a different part of the hook. This allows you to build the eye end of the fly into the thorax. One of the biggest mistakes made, in braiding flies, is not making a smooth underbody. Whip finish and cut thread.
6. Take the vise and swing the hook so the eye is facing you at a 45° angle. This allows you to watch the weave progress and you will not foul the hook tip or barb with white material. (The under braid is the material used on the bottom of the fly.)
7. Take the white material in your left hand and the black material in your right hand. (Here I borrowed my lovely wife, Sue's, hands.)
8. Pass the white over the black forming an overhand knot.
9. Push the knot onto the hook, with the black braid on top and white braid on bottom and pull equally tight with both ends at a 90° angles to the hook.
10. Now the white will be in your right hand.
11. Pass the white over the black again forming another overhand
12. Slide the knot back into position and pull tight again. As you will notice a pattern will start. If you are doing it right, the dark material will be on the top and the light will be on the bottom, just as in nature.
13. Keep working with the tension to achieve the look you are seeking.
FINISHED Note on material: I prefer the material that will be on top of the hook to be up to two time thicker than the material that is on the bottom of the hook. This will give you finer segments and knots. A good example would be pairing antron with ultra-fine chenille or 20 lb. test fly line backing colored with felt-tip marker to match the natural color you desire.
WRITTEN BY AARON REIMER.
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River Run Anglers 2004 - 2006 |
