Danny's Weedless Willie
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A Truly Weedless Fly.
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Danny's Weedless Willie
Danny Williams
developed this fly for fishing redfish in the weed-choked marsh.
It's based on a bend back, but with the addition of the bead on the
hook shank the fly rides kind of nose up, which when combined with
the weed guard makes this fly safe for even the thickest weed.
This fly can be tied in any color combination, with or without
the palmered hackle on the shank.
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Materials
Hook: - Tiemco 411s size 1/0
Weight: - Large Brass Bead
Weed Guard - 40lb Mono
Body: - Red Chenille w/dyed red grizzly hackle palmered.
Tail: - Gold Flashabou
Wing: - Chartreuse and Red bucktail, 2 red grizzly hackles
Thread: - Uni Red Big Fly thread
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Instructions 1. Flatten barb on hook and thread on bead, small hole first.
2. Place hook in vice - shank up, tie in on end of mono for week guard slightly above bend in hook, tie in Flashabou tail, building up thread to aproximately the size of the large hole in the bead, tie off and position bead over thread.
3. Tie in thread in front of bead to secure bead, tie in chenille and hackle, advance thread toward eye of hook. Wrap chenille forward on hook shank and tie off. Palmer hackle forward over chenille to front of hook and tie off.
4. Rotate hook in vice, at front bend in shank of hook, tie in chartreuse bucktail. Tie a red grizzly hackle on each side of chart. bucktail. Top with red buck tail, tying butt ends in on top of chartreuse. Note be careful not to over wrap with thread when applying each layer of wing material.
5. Tie in weed guard by inserting mono through hook eye and wrapping thread over mono, being careful not to wrap farther back then what previously wrapped tying in wings. Clip mono below hook eye and carefully pull mono back out of eye so that clipped end is even with the end of thread wraps, secure with glue. |