Tying a Quilled Body Bibio Half-Hog by Davie McPhail

[@lindsayiflyfish]

Working with deer hair can be a tricky business, you just make it look easy. Top job pal.

[@leonardwells9613]

This one covers ALL the best…segmentation, legs, hot spot, hair wing and seal fur…five star pattern with a perfection tie as always. LOVE this one, thanks Davie !!!! L 👍🎣👍

[@dodgeydave21]

Outstanding job Davie. Another fly I'm gonna have to sit down and tie. Well done

[@alasdairhamilton1574]

Davie you make it look so easy, the sign of a master craftsmen. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@michaeljmckinnon2960]

Beautifully dressed Sir. Thanks for sharing.

[@stevepuyear2738]

Davie. Good morning. Great way to ease into the day, coffee with Davie and another great fly tying video. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@tcoulter46]

Lovely wee fly, tied to perfection 👍

[@davidfraser4083]

Thanks Davie, this looks the business. I'll give it a go on the loch. I'm getting excited as March 15th getting closer. My 67th season and I'm as excited as I was on my first. Stay safe, Big Davie.

[@lawrencemacd63]

Cracking half hog Davy 🐟🎣🐟🎣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙂

[@crs1321]

Another braw wee beastie Davie. Thanks for the tips. 👍👏🎣

[@davidkerr2285]

Another cracking wee emerger I will have to get a couple tyed up for the box 👍

[@christopherkarpacz2119]

Love that fly Davie, any bibio variant is always a winner, looks fun to tie as well 👏🎣

[@ИринаБаранова-п8р]

Потрясающая мошка!!Очень люблю смотреть ваше творчество и повторять некоторые мухи ,которые меня потрясают.Спасибо Davie

[@gerardnglavin6249]

Beautiful tye as always. Thanks so much for posting.

[@michaelshaw8370]

Another beautiful fly. Some points that even some experienced tiers miss. The importance of when using resin or varnish to protect the quill body of extending the varnish onto the hook to stop egress of water getting under the dressing leading to probable rust weakening the hook. The extra thin protective layer of varnish adds exponentially to the protection and durability of the body. The mix of lightbrite to the seals fur adds a lot to subtle effectiveness. As an alternative to the lightbrite. I often make use of fibres from fritz. Both the few bits from when clearing the flue before tying and the waste scraps short ends. Not being tight just careful lol.

[@mikeney5113]

What a fantastic looking pattern.looks amazing thanks Davie for sharing

[@АлександрПлахотный-е4у]

Как всегда, супер! Благодарю, Дэви!👍🤝🇰🇿

[@65Visser]

This is another great fly to try on my home water. Thanks for the new fly pattern.

[@bobbell5265]

A great pleasure to watch a master at work 👌

[@MyPancho1]

Love this fly pattern, Thanks Davie !

[@jameswilson6717]

Stunning pal,how you manage to get all that material on that tiny shank outstanding pal your truly are the master.All the very best 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Rustyboyyy1]

Very interesting pattern, looks magic. 👌

[@mattwright2964]

That's a v nice fly. 40 years of fly fishing tells me that's a real killer.

[@puccini4530]

Now isn't that just terrific.

[@nigelmayhew2105]

Great looking fly that Davie and you make it look so easy will have to try tying a few Thanks and if you could be so kind and tie a full hogg would appreciate

[@williammattos5]

A beauty. Curious to know if you have a video on tying a knot on the pheasant feathers

[@DavieMcPhail]

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[@АнатолийЗайцев-я1щ]

Прекрасная мушка 👍🤝🙋‍♂️

[@SouthsideFlyFishing]

Hi Davie, great fly as always! I notice you use CDC and Deer/Elk hair together in wings quite often. Do you find this helps float the fly vs using CDC or Deer hair on its own? Cheers 🙏🏼

[@DavieMcPhail]

Hi Southside Fly-Fishing, It makes it float a bit longer adding the deer hair to the fly, this fly I originally tyed for a friend that fishes competitions so the longer he could keep catching before replacing the fly the better...I'm glad you liked the fly.. All the very best Davie..

[@stewartthefishwhisperer]

Can I ask you a question please David. Who inspired you to become 1 of the best fly tying instructors. I do try and copy Oliver Edwards and some of Frank Sawyer's flies just a question that I thought I would ask

[@DavieMcPhail]

Hi Stewart, I am glad you feel that I do a good job at teaching fly tying which I really try to do every time I film a fly..The biggest inspiration since I started has been my jobs when I was a ghillie and a fishery manger where I learned a lot about fly life as well as working every day on the waters and using my fly tying to help make the flies to help me and the guest that came to fish...Filming the flies I tye made me look even closer at the methods I used as it's something you don't notice as much until you see them so with the questions I got asked fine tuned me to do this even more here on KZbin. Also with all the questions and flies I get asked to tye inspires me a lot so I would have to give a lot of credit to the youtubers that ask as well as other platforms that I use..I hope this answers your question and thank you for asking.. All the very best Davie..

[@mikekuczynski1552]

Really good looking pattern and looks easy to tie . What fish are you using it for and what insect does it represent ?

[@DavieMcPhail]

Hi Mike, It's a very good pattern for adult and emerger midge but it can also represent small heather and black gnat flies so it's a good all-round fly..I'm glad you liked it.. All the very best Davie..

[@derekcunningham9993]

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[@lonewizzard8456]

Badass

[@Chipbarm1009]

Hi Davie could you let me know why you need to coat in varnish after applying the resin please?

[@DavieMcPhail]

Hi Nick, The main reason for doing this is to help keep the resin clear as like all resins and even the old epoxy resins we use to use left a slight tackiness after curing so I would aways seal it with a normal clear varnish...It also helps to stop water soaking under the resins as the water can get under it.. All the very best Davie..

[@clivewalton4570]

You used hair conditioner on your quill, was it your conditioner or the wife's?

[@DavieMcPhail]

Hi Clive, Unfortunately I lost the need for the hair conditioner a few years ago so I steal the good ladies when she is not looking... All the very best Davie..

[@stephenland9361]

"Quilled Body Bibio Half-Hog" Great looking fly pattern but please do something about the name. It takes almost as long to say it as to tie the thing.

[@Strutsi]

Pardon my ignorance, but is this imitating a midge?

[@DavieMcPhail]

Hi Jussi, Yes it is a good pattern for midge.. All the very best Davie