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The Blue Charm is one of the favorite flies used to fish Atlantic Salmon in Newfoundland and Labrador. Tied by John Sheppard Click to continue. How to tie a Blue Charm. Materials Required. Favorite hook. Style and size selected according to fishing conditions.
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The Blue Charm is one of the favorite flies used to fish Atlantic Salmon in Newfoundland and Labrador. Tied by John Sheppard Click to continue. How to tie a Blue Charm
Materials Required • Favorite hook. Style and size selected according to fishing conditions. • Fine, strong tying thread. Preferably white. • Oval Silver Tinsels. • Bright Yellow Unifoss. • Gold Pheasant Crest. • Black 4-strand Danville Floss. • Fluorescent Blue Schlappen. • Black Moose hair • Black Head Cement • Materials available from Straight Line Sports • www.flies4fishing.com
The Hook • Use the parts of the hook as a reference and a guide for proportions. • A – Barb • B - Point • C – Gap • D – Shank length • E – Looped Eye A D C E B
Where to start • Start at the looped eye of the hook. • Use the smallest white thread you are able to tie with. • Wind back to the point of the hook.
The Underbody • Wrap the hook with white thread up to the point of the hook.
Start the Tag • Tie in the oval silver tinsel with the white tying thread in line with the point of he hook. • Cut the short end off the tinsel.
Wrap the thread to the barb of the hook • Continue to wind the white tying thread over the tinsel until the tying thread hangs in line with the barb of the hook.
Wrap the Tag • Wind the tying thread toward the eye of the hook and continue with 3 – 4 turns of the tinsel on top of the tying thread. Trim off the excess tinsel.
Tying in the Tip • Tie in the yellow floss for the tip with the thread in line with the point of the hook. • Continue to wind the tying thread on top of the floss until you come up to the tinsel tag.
The Tip • Wind the floss for the tip to the point of the hook.
The Tail • The Golden Pheasant tail is tied in at the point of the hook. • The length of the tail is 1 – 1 ½ times the hook gap. 1 - 1 ½ x
Tying in the Ribs • Tie in the oval tinsel for the ribs at the loop of the eye. • Continue to wind the tying thread over the tinsel to the point of the hook.
Tying in the Body • Tie in the black floss for the body starting at the loop of the eye. • Continue to wind the tying thread over the floss to the point of the hook.
The Body • Wind the black floss over the shank of the hook, building up the body to the desired shape. • Tie off at the loop of the eye.
The Ribs • Wind 5 – 6 turns of tinsel evenly spaced over the floss body and tie off.
The Throat Hackle • Tie in Fluorescent Blue Schlappen under the hook on the loop of the eye. • The hackle extends up to the second rib.
The Wing • Tie in a number of small bunches of moose hair for the wing. • Cement the cut ends before tying in with flex cement. • For a reduced dressed fly the wing extends to the midpoint of the tail. • Cement the head with black head cement.
Blue Charm • Flies and fly tying materials available from: • Straight Line Sports • P.O. Box 172 • Gander Newfoundland • Canada A1V 1W6 • www.flies4fishing.com • mail@flies4fishing.com