Sparkle Dun BWO
Note: You want short tipped, hollow, early season deer for the hair on this fly. The better the hair the easier it is to tie. Very important to have a good thread dam built up in front of the wing. After it is wet and has been fished for a while the wing will have a tendency to fall forward. The thread dam is what provides the support to keep the wing upright. Tying instructions
- Start thread and cover the hook shank with thread. This will help keep the deer hair from spinning.
- Clean, stack, and tie in deer hair wing. Wing length should be the same length as the hook shank. Be sure that the wing fans out evenly 180 degrees.
- Once anchored down cut the butt ends of the deer hair at an angle. Give several thread wraps to cover up the trimmed deer hair. This will help create a nice tapered body. Once the butt ends are all covered up then move the thread wraps in front of the wing. Be sure to create a large thread dam in front of the wing. This is crucial in keeping the wing upright. At this point you can add head cement to the thread wraps for durability.
- From behind the wing tie in the tailing material Crinkled Zelon (Color-Pheasant Tail). Cover wrap the Zelon to the hook bend. Clip off excess. Tailing should be sparse.
- Dub a sparse amount of olive super fine dubbing or in this case silk dubbing onto the thread and create a tapered body up to the wing. Leave one wrap short behind the wing then dub in front of the wing. Then go back and finish the last wrap behind the wing. Move thread to the hook eye.
- Whip finish and head cement.