Fly Tying the Diawl Bach (Stillwater Nymph Pattern)

[@pauldouglas9658]

Nice tie !!! You covered all the bases with your voice over.

[@jimholland1592]

Good morning Matt!☕️☕️ Nice lake bug👍

[@SavageFlies]

Thanks Jim, and good evening to you now!

[@bayoutrapper]

Now this is deffinatly a good looking pattern. I've neversaw anything really like it. Thanks Matt, God bless.

[@marshallbaldwin8960]

This Nymph looks great. Thank you Sir Matt.

[@martyrothman3933]

Good morning Matt well another nice one and the learning continues

[@SavageFlies]

You got it Marty! No tying for me tonight, but I'll be back at it Friday night. :-)

[@edwardchavez5627]

Good Morning Sir Matt, this mornings fly is amazing, I like this style of fly very much, I need to ty some of these up but with dyed black peacock herl and black tail and throat beard and of course the flash, that would have been the fly to use on my trip. There is always next time and believe me I'll be ready.👍 thank you so much another great video as usual and anxiously waiting for the next one

[@SavageFlies]

I appreciate that Edward. And you know almost any generic nymph with a peacock herl body is going to catch fish! I'm pretty sure this would have caught you some fish in Colorado last week. :-)

[@garrettswoodworx1873]

Nice fly Matt1 I love the fact that you take the time to learn and teach us the history of the fly you're tying.

[@SavageFlies]

I appreciate hearing that Garrett. It always makes it a little more personal to me when I can learn a little about how the fly came about or where it's from. Thanks for the note. :-)

[@crowdaddy8355]

Sounds like you had to become a detective to get some history on this one. Great job as always, Matt. Love the look on this one.

[@SavageFlies]

Appreciate it Chad. And yeah, I literally looked through about 20 books and it was only in two of them. I really wish I could have figured out about when it was created.

[@brianfeeney9493]

MATT ....... Cheers, that Pattern is M O S T Beautiful !!!!!!!!! Excellent Work Brother 🎉🤩 Brian ✨🎣💫

[@SavageFlies]

Well thank you Brian! A classic UK pattern for sure. :-)

[@brianfeeney9493]

Yessir It Is !!!! What a Grand Craft We Enjoy Matt ☀️☀️☀️ ✨🎣💫

[@chipsteinberg5046]

Nice fly- new to tying, looking for recipes to try. Thanks for the tips and the way you lay it out. Good teaching method.

[@thomaswalls123]

Love seeing the the history and pattern of the forgotten flies, great fly

[@SavageFlies]

Appreciate it Thomas! I do love when I can dig up a fly with an interesting history. :-)

[@roberthudson4492]

Thats a great fly for the river as well. Myself I use it for a late season steelhead fly. I have caught many steelhead on it. I am glad to watch you tie it now. I'm going to add some cheeks on mine now to fool more steelhead with. Thank you for the different variations of the fly.

[@SavageFlies]

Thanks Robert! I've rarely done any stillwater trout fishing but I'll bet you're right; in the right size, this could be a great steelhead fly too. :-)

[@markfritch3168]

Nice looking fly. Thank you Matt.

[@huntingmissouri5420]

Nice bug! Thanks for sharing Matt!!

[@joeduca8582]

Nice one Matt. Thanks.

[@chevyguy6510]

I always look forward to new videos. Thanks Matt!

[@SavageFlies]

Thanks! And I always look forward to ya'll watching. :-)

[@Jd-yc3gw]

Good morning Matt. I like the looks of that bug. Enjoyed the video and being a lake pattern it’s going on my list to tie. Take care Matt.

[@SavageFlies]

Yeah it's definitely not a staple here in the states. I do wonder what kind of reaction you'd get if you walked into a fly shop in Montana and asked for it. :-)

[@Jd-yc3gw]

@@SavageFlies It certainly isn’t prominent in any of the books I’ve seen. I had seen it tied before on a video actually not long ago. Now you got me thinking, I might have to go search for it to see who it was that tied it.

[@SavageFlies]

I believe Davie McPhail has a couple videos and Lindsay Simpson has a variant if it. Not much else though.

[@Jd-yc3gw]

@@SavageFlies I went back and found it. It was a bead head version on Fly Fish Food’s channel. I can imagine just hear the person in the fly shop “ you want any what Bach? “” 😂

[@laytonmarvin3790]

Nice fly Matt and thanks for sharing

[@charlieboutin3341]

Thanks Matt! Nice easy fly! I make one very similar that’s extremely simple, #10hook, yellow or orange thread, yellow hackle tail, and small fuzzy sparkle chenille, several different colors but dark sparkly green mainly (I’ve used just peacock herl also). I’ll wrap hook with .025 lead 6-8 times to get it to sink. The thread makes a colored head. Takes about a minute to tie and I’ve caught more perch here in central Texas on it than almost all other flies combined. Larger #8 or #6 hooks with chartreuse chenille almost always catch largemouth also (a few up to 4lb). I have some in every fly box I carry. No name I just call em sparklers. Sorry such long reply, just wanted to share. Have a great one! 🎣

[@SavageFlies]

Charlie- this was a great note! I love the idea of a fly called "The Sparkler." Maybe we should tie up a Charlie's Central Texas Special, AKA... the Sparkler. :-) Email me a picture of your most effective one and we can do it! ([e-mail])

[@lorawinfrey9112]

Nice fly

[@mhanson4972]

Another nice one, Matt! 👍🏻

[@mikeking453]

That's a very interesting looking fly good job of tying

[@SavageFlies]

Appreciate it Mike!

[@mikeney5113]

Lindsey Simpson has some nice videos of them.great pattern nice job matt!!

[@SavageFlies]

Thanks Mike! I love Lindsay's channel. He's fun to watch (and listen to). :-)

[@davehall2160]

That is a cool looking fly Matt And I bet it will catch American fish Thanks for the video

[@SavageFlies]

Appreciate it Dave!

[@justinmcquaide4862]

This fly is definitely very popular over here The Diawl Bach is the Welsh language meaning little devil . The first way you pronounced it is how they say it in Welsh . It’s a deadly fly I always tie it with a red tinsel rib on the body or a green tinsel rib . That’s the way it’s mostly tied here and they leave out the cheeks . And it works brilliant you should definitely tie it up you won’t be disappointed.

[@SavageFlies]

Thanks Justin! I love the idea of a green flat tinsel for the rib... that would look great contrasting to the herl. And yeah, if I was tying a dozen of these to fish, I think I would leave out the cheeks. (But in this case I was trying to stick to the version Peter Gathercole tied in his book.) Thanks for the note. :-)

[@justinmcquaide4862]

@@SavageFlies no problem just want to say I'm loving the channel I really appreciate you putting the money back in for prizes theres not many would do that . I was hoping to win the regal vice I really wanted one maybe next time lol

[@flyfishingchannel]

Nice one!

[@martyrothman3933]

I forgot to ask your Savage fly logos do you have them and stickers or patches for sale

[@SavageFlies]

I don't have any patches, but send me an email and I'll get you some stickers. I think you've still got my email, but if not it's [e-mail]. :-)

[@bigdaddy99929]

I’ve tied a couple but hay fish one yet. Should do the trick. Thx Matt!

[@SavageFlies]

Definitely Clyde. I've never fished it either but it's similar enough to some of our herl nymphs that I'm sure it'll do great here. :-)

[@leemowers9395]

The herl tied at the tip seemed to peter out. I have heard Lindsay Simpson tout the Diawl Bach on the Washing Line for Stillwater fishing (Competition in the UK). Nice pattern, nicely tied. Thanks Matt

[@SavageFlies]

Appreciate it Lee! And yes, I love to watch Lindsay. I watched him tie a variant of this right before I did this one.

[@mikeney5113]

You should try to do a Scott's big nymph.they fish very well .

[@SavageFlies]

I'll have to look it up!

[@FlyTyer1948]

Hey, if it requires peacock herl, it has to be good.

[@SavageFlies]

Agreed! Peacock herl is magic. :-)

[@RT42069]

Where would fly tiers be without the triple P's? -peacock -pheasant -partrige

[@dickbaron5330]

Dick Baron Origin of the Diawl Bach is on Andrew Davies's U-Tube page.

[@SavageFlies]

Thanks. I'll check it out.

[@robertbaker8164]

nice

[@Tcam0720]

Will using a dry fly hook work for wet flys?

[@SavageFlies]

Certainly. But you might want to weight it, either with lead-free wraps or fish it with a split-shot. Dry fly hooks are typically just a thinner gauge so they stay light enough to sit on the surface.

[@Tcam0720]

@@SavageFlies alrighty thank you!

[@seizedcarcass8440]

You should try to make a carp nasty.

[@karljones6594]

Good morning Matt. Cool looking fly. Going to add to my box. Quick question on the ghost fly where is good place to get jungle cock eyes all I can find are the fake plastic ones.

[@SavageFlies]

Thanks Karl! Jungle cock capes are difficult to come by right now. The last one I got was from whitewaterflies.com (last year). It was reasonably priced and good quality for a Grade A. But their site now says they have changed to Golden Stone Outfitters. And it doesn't look like they have an online store back up yet. Another option is to get a cape off Ebay, but the only ones I see on there are from a seller in the UK so you'll have to pay a bit more for shipping and of course it'll take an extra week or so to get to you. I'll keep my eye out if I see anybody stateside that has some for sale. But that could be a while. Good luck!

[@karljones6594]

Thanks Matt I'll keep looking appreciate it.

[@randymorris8740]

Requested fly - Please do a mop fly... LOL (dare dare) 😁

[@mikeboule1967]

this is a hard tie without a rotating vice