Fly Tying Tutorial: Fish-Skull Micro Spey

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Very nice!

[@mikeking453]

You are so talented

[@mikemurray6528]

Very nice fly! What kind of wire? Won’t it helicopter off after some use?

[@cevisuals]

The wire used in this tying video looks too flimsy to last very long... I have started tying this fly using Senyo's intruder wire for size 6 and smaller and replacing the scud hook with a size 8 or 10 stinger hook. Flies are the perfect balance of weight and aesthetics. 3 color combo's based upon advice for swinging for trout - all black, Olive/Orange and Brown/Yellow. Much easier to tie than sizing down the Brett's Klamath Intruder using composite loops of rabbit fur. One variation I'm going to try is using small bead chain eyes for a little weighting during higher water flows this fall/winter/spring

[@flyfishingchannel]

Nice one!

[@cevisuals]

Wondering what color combinations would work for specifically targeting trout? I'm guessing an Olive/Chartreuse combo and/or Brown/Copper/Orange? Any other color combo's for targeting trout - specifically dark coloration?

[@emilianoavila9248]

How can you replace the EP brush?

[@cevisuals]

What's the reasoning for having the trailing hook pointing up vs pointing down?

[@FlymenFishing]

less chance to snag on the bottom

[@mikemcguire1160]

I commend the brevity of this presentation--some guys would take 2 or 3 times as long to demo a pattern like that. I usually time out before they get to the end. I take issue with calling closely wound wraps "palmering." That normally means spaced out wraps.

[@samuelbender8681]

Why not an intruder hook...

[@cevisuals]

I'm guessing hook size used isn't available from OPST and others - IIRC, they only go down to size 6 on their intruder hooks.

[@cevisuals]

I discovered Gamakatsu does go all the way down to a size 14 for their Octopus hook - I just ordered 3 packs of Gamakatsu Octopus hooks in size 12 for custom tying clients