Tying a Skykomish Sunrise Spey Fly by Davie McPhail

Materials Used;
Hook, Daiichi 2051 size 3/0 Black
Threads, Uni-8/0 White and then finish the head with Black 8/0
Tag, Small Oval Silver Tinsel
Tail, Golden Pheasant Yellow Rump and Red Breast Fibres
Ribs, Small Oval Silver Tinsel and Uni-Mylar size 10 Silver
Body, Red Wool
Body Hackle, Dyed Yellow Marabou
Throat, Teal Feather dyed Red
Wing, 4 White Cock Hackles two either side..

[@waynedavies5569]

Hi Davie, A great traditional old pattern with nice attention to detail in your choice of materials, resulting in a quality Salmon fly and colour combinations. Regards, Wayne 😀👍

[@DavieMcPhail]

Thanks Wayne...👍

[@curtisjonesjr1]

I liked the use of available materials ! Great video and an attractive fly. Curtis J.

[@grahamhunt6467]

Thanks for tying one from my neck of the woods. I love that you have a photo of it on Stealhead Fly Fishing and Flies by Trey Combs. I can't believe how much I am learning from your videos and I have tied for a long time. A huge thank you for doing these videos Davie.

[@joelk8228]

From the banks of the Skykomish! Thanks for your videos Davie!! Gold Bar, WA

[@kerrypitt9789]

The Skykomish Sunrise is almost an institution here. I love that you turned it into a Spey pattern, best version I have seen in some time! All of this work you do for us is pretty incredible. Subscribing and commenting are a no cost to us method of supporting you. If you either started a KZbin support account or a Patreon account (I'm sorry to harp on this Davie but I and many others owe our skills to you. We can support you on Patreon with as little as a dollar a month. I find that much change in my laundry. I hope you are staying safe Davie, scary times, I'm tying to keep myself busy. Be well!

[@kalaloch3]

Lovely sky-COE-mish demo, Davie. Thanks!

[@steveg8322]

A truly classic, west coast, US and Canadian fly . Beautiful, aching to go to the Great Lakes to use one on the great steelhead that reside there as Western rivers suffer the onslaught of civilization. Thanks once again, Davie.

[@raymondtucker312]

A master class tutorial. Fantastic job Davie. I learn something new with every one of your videos. Thank you very much, for the time and effort you put into these. You are a gifted teacher. Much appreciated.

[@dominiqueleblanc2193]

Such a nice fly! In these hard times, it seems your videos are even better than before. Thanks!

[@rfisher79]

Sky-Ko-Mish, I'm from Washington. I have Watched your Videos for a Couple Years, Your Very Inspirational!

[@WATTSROBIN]

Davie, I'm never likely to tie that fly, but that was an absolute masterclass, with techniques and materials that can be used on other flies.

[@tomcrowley9269]

beautiful art . Love classic patterns. Stay safe

[@timdion7834]

Nice version Davie! I always like to have a few variations of this fly in the box. I work less than a mile from the banks of the Skykomish River & I find It fun to fish this fly in the evenings after work.

[@GHuber-xh5vv]

Lucky man. Wish you tight lines.

[@dm9103]

I wish I could tent them wings like that and so quick. Cracking fly.

[@MrBrysie]

Great fly Davie. Thanks for posting. Trust all is well with you in these troubled times...Best wishes from South Wales.

[@armandomilosevic7083]

Great job Davie, I like it..a hug..

[@pascalbonischot421]

Thanks Davie for keeping us busy at the vise daily during this global containment!

[@GHuber-xh5vv]

I would not go fishing with this beauty. The right place should be in a wooden frame. Perfect tying as usual. Stay safe and all the best.

[@oak8728]

I just wanted to note that I’d fish the heck out of it! I believe a fly belongs attached to a fishes lip, and just maybe when it’s retired from constant success or a trophy will it be framed.

[@GHuber-xh5vv]

@@oak8728 It would be wonderful, if I could do the same. But the idea comes from the fact that we don't have any salmon in the rivers in Switzerland. About 100 years ago they didn't want to come back because of the river power plants and the water quality. I wish you tight lines.

[@oak8728]

@@GHuber-xh5vv WHAT! Are there any good books in English on Switzerland’s salmon history? I always thought it was from fish farming abuse. We in the states on the west coast have had a bad 4 years going, they’re still out there but harder to find. Come on over, break into your trophy cases and I’ll put you on water that’ll have your reel sing. Are there any anadromous fish in your country?

[@GHuber-xh5vv]

@@oak8728 I lived and worked in the states for a few years. I fished on the west- and east cost, in the south and at the great lakes as well as in florida and the caribean sea. So I know the chinooks, the graylings, all kind of bass, the northern pikes and so on. I'm sure, you will get all the information about Switzerland in the web. And the answer to your question: No, unfortunately we have no more anadromous species. But we are working on it.

[@stocktim]

Sweet! Beats painting the whole house too!

[@duderoony]

Superb tie Davie. As you know I don’t have any use for salmon flies but I’ll probably try to tie a few as an exercise. Thank you for another great tie dude. Keep safe.

[@metubewot]

Absolutely lovely fly Davie, and I'm sure that it would work for Salmon and sea trout here in the UK too.

[@aurelienlinnenkamp9885]

Thanks à lot. A salmon fly like that,with write and yellow. It is really like a dream 🎉

[@rouryglen]

Im tempted to tie one in black yellow and orange for a springer great tying Davie cheers

[@krallmi48]

I enjoyed this one, Davie... thank you. Mike

[@gillenjesse]

Thanks dave for tying this pattern for me! You are amazing at what you do! Thank you again brother!

[@gillenjesse]

And you pronunciation was close!. It's pronounced "sky - kōmish". After the skykomish river in Washington state. One of the most popular rivers over here for steelhead next to the skagit river

[@DavieMcPhail]

Hi Jesse G, You are very welcome and thank you for asking me to have a go, as you may see in the main photo of the video I have a copy of Trey Combs book and the Skykomish is in it..With my Scottish accent I thought twice about saying the name of the fly but I was glad you felt I got close...I would be happy to send you one of the flies though you would have to pm me your address as you can't do this on KZbin so if you have a Facebook page you could do it there... All the very best Davie..

[@gillenjesse]

@@DavieMcPhail PM sent

[@heyjim52]

Great Fly I tie them in smaller sizes from 10 to 6 great for cutthroat trout and rainbows.

[@WeeManSham]

Some tying in that Davie, that’ll test the tying skills! 😬 you make it look easy! Do keep the videos coming Davie, not much else to do & remember they are appreciated! 👍

[@possumkingproductionsmike8089]

What an inspiration. I’ve been messing with Mini Spey style flies here lately to chase big Browns. Great to see the real Scottish thing. Maybe my Laird DNA will shine through.

[@50Squirrel]

Thank you for sharing!!! Lovely fly!!!

[@joeduca8582]

Thanks Davie, that was a beauty! I remember tying a "variant" of that when I first started tying flies and submitted it to a magazine. The only hackle I had was pink for a tail and throat, white calf tail for the wing. The thread was black 3/0 and formed the under body. I had some red translucent tubing that I inserted fluro orange floss in and used silver tinsel for the rib. I wrapped the floss filled tubing up the shank and ribbed it in the spaces between the tubing wraps. It looked awesome, like a stripped herl body but with red, black, silver, red, red/orange, red, black, silver, spiraled body. The tail, wing and throat looked ok but it had a huge thread butt and a a massive head from the tubing tie in and off. LOL needless to say the judges either didn't like it or it never met the deadline. Any way I wish I had you around back then it would have sped up the learning process! Thanks for everything Davie, I hope all is well with you in Scotland.

[@kurtcorbin5596]

I recognize the cover of Trey Comb’s book “Steelhead Fishing and Flies”. Photo by McMillan? Love your show.

[@Shmygelbryl]

Amazing work as always 👌🏻

[@stephenland9361]

I could quite happily fly fish for steelhead with just the Skunk and the Skokomish Sunrise. Okay, like everyone else I go out with two or three boxes full of at least two dozen patterns but...

[@michaeljmckinnon2960]

Great job as always

[@OldBear5255]

Beautiful Spey fly mate. The steelhead in Oregon would modern that puppy in a heart ❤️ beat. Thanks for sharing a great fly. How small could you go with it? Thank you my friend for doing one. Best Regards, Ken🐟🐟

[@brittlanders351]

OldBear5255 , I agree! Chinook here in Oregon as well

[@TheCanary24]

So nice!

[@oak8728]

What is the benefit of wrapping the tinsel through the station marabou? You only get about on grab one the circle of marabou and could of stopped the wire before tying the marabou. Is that one wire grab on the marabou wrap strong enough that you choose this method?

[@DavieMcPhail]

Hi Rex M, Ribbing the flat tinsel as well as the marabou will protect them both, this has been done for countless years and can be found in many books, the earliest one I have is dated 1842..Great question and thanks for asking.. All the very best Davie

[@lasse1187]

Great pattern should work good on Baltic salmon too

[@heidimller1811]

Nice video. Denmark here

[@davep2322]

I'm Comfortably Numb!! watching that video

[@hansskovlin7887]

Reminds me of the flies of Syd Glasso!

[@noelange1]

Love it awesome

[@michaelglennon6056]

Nice

[@robertandersson331]

amazing

[@КахрамонБазаров-р2ш]

👋👋👋😎👍

[@АнатолийСатриванов-м6п]

Супер👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👌