Jim Misiura’s Realistic Blue Wing Olive
In this video tutorial, Jim Misiura demonstrates how to tie his Realistic Blue Wing Olive pattern using Hemingway’s Realistic Mayfly Wings. Thanks Jim for sharing this great video with us.
Ingredients
- Hook: Standard Dry # 12-16 – Maruto d04 Hooks
- Tread: Veevus 16/0 Thread in Olive
- Tail: Micro Fibbets
- Body: Olive Polish Quills, or use Synthetic Tapered Peacock Quills in Olive
- Wing: Hemingway’s Realistic Mayfly Wings
- Hackle: CDC Feathers
Steps
- Start by putting a base of olive thread down, from eye of the hook half way and come back to half of that.
- Take a Hemingway’s Realistic Mayfly Wings and with shiny side of the wings inside, tie the wing by the white tab.
- Take a pair of micro fibbets and place them right in between of wings. As you tie them you want them to be the approximately the length of the shank. Tie them in. Trim the remainder of micro fibbets.
- Take a hand stripped peacock quill and tie it in. Put some hand cement on and wrap it.
- Take CDC feathers and tie them in. Whip finish it.
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