Fly Tying - Stewart's Black Spider

[@ulvekrans]

A fantastic fly, one of my favorites alongside March brown.

[@peterdunne1717]

Simple and deadly. Flies like these are worth their weight in gold. A favourite.

[@thedalesangler]

Glad you liked it.

[@komando8365]

One of the best flies ever devised

[@TERRYBIGGENDEN]

I agree. A tremendous pattern. :-)

[@FishinwithGerg]

that's a beauty!

[@thedalesangler]

Thank you.

[@Rustyboyyy1]

Wow, that looks very footery to tie. Nice fly and video.🤙🙂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@thedalesangler]

It's quite easy once you get the hang of it. You need to keep a constant and equal tension on both the hackle and thread as you make the wraps.

[@TERRYBIGGENDEN]

One of the the best flies ever. :-)

[@jlsmithii]

Thanks for demonstrating the hackle technique. Have read about it but couldn't quite visualize it.

[@thedalesangler]

Glad you liked it, and hope it helps.

[@TheRk1111]

Love it!

[@ericlong9085]

Very nice

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Beautiful!

[@RVRRUN00]

Is the wax important in helping with the twisting of the hackle and the thread? If not, why not just use black silk?

[@thedalesangler]

You would have to ask Mr Stewart for the reasoning behind using waxed brown silk.

[@Adipper]

Hi Robert. Question, I know historically wax is used for "silk" patterns and influences overall color. That said, was the choice of wax primarily the "dark cobbler" version you are using for this Spider? Thanks

[@thedalesangler]

Yes. I used a dark wax. Technically not cobblers wax as the wax I used is my own formula.

[@LarryPauley-z3l]

that would be great in a size 16 her in the states great tying as allwaysthx larry pauley u.s.a. n.c. that would be in a size 16 here in the states tying as allways thanks larry pauley u.s.a.

[@thedalesangler]

I generally fish it in a size 16 but used a size 14 for the camera.