I'm a fly fisherman and have tied flies for years, but these peanut flies on treble hooks have me a little puzzled.
Anyone have any tips of how to tie your own?
My YT searches have been pretty slim. I'm trying to do something like these: coho-candy
I use the same 4 inch banned Mylar material that is used for salmon flies. Simple process. Cut 3/4 inch of material of s couple colors and stack them on top of each other. Fold the small banded portion of the double or triple layers of Mylar so it will fit through the eye of the number 4 treble hook you have in your fly vise. Stick the small folded portion through the eye so have the material is on each side. Fold all the material back towards the barbs and wrap and tie with your line bobbin near the eyelet. Few half hitches and some nail polish over the thread and you are good to go. Trim the Mylar as long or short as you like. Sjlep40
Shaggy,
Try double stick tape. Midwest Outdoors had an article where a guy used double stick tape and made flies with tinsel that way. Some pretty good looking flies on this thread. I'v been known to give some of my rattier flies a hair cut to taper them a little.
All good ideas...I have never used a peanut fly or tied one for that matter. I tie full size flies on tubes and trim them down to maybe 2" for cohos and rainbows, tinsel is so cheap I dont lose any sleep over it lol. If anyone wants more details on how shoot me a message. Tube flies obviosly last waaay longer than peanut flies, but are a bit more redious but thats what winter and beer are for.
The thumbnail trick is a good one to keep in the back of my mind.
I have been thinking of getting a tube fly jig. For the bigger summer flies, this seems like a good way to go. Right now I am just wanting to kick out some coho / spring flies.
I do think that you could tie some smaller flies on the tube though, so thanks for bringing that back up in my mind. Those kits are relatively inexpensive.
I like to take about 2/3rds of the material and put it on top with a few tight wraps and then with my thumbnail carefully spread on the top of the shank.
then take the last 1/3rd of the material put at the bottom and again with my thumbnail kind of form it around evenly and finish it up.
This method probably take a few more wraps of thread but it's the way i taught myself lol.
I run small bunches through the eye of the hook and fold them in half and secure with a couple loops and rotate until the body is the size I want and then trim to length. Basically like the tube method shown. It helps to have a rotary type vise when tying these. I can tie a fly in a couple minutes when I get in a groove. I'm look at tube flies here soon to see how I like them and if the flies last longer since they can slide up the line away from the mouth and are out of the way when unhooking.
Svitreum, I've been watching more of his videos. Nice find.
Migr8r, the trick with the tubing looks grand, thanks for sharing.
Again, these look like simple ties, but there seems to be a cetain amount of secrecy surounding these flies. Maybe just my interweb search skill set.
Thanks for sharing your secrets to making the peanut / Coconut / trolling flies.
When I tie mine, I get a small bunch and tie it to the hook between 2 hook bends and repeat 2 more times then wrap around some and whip finish. Basically I'm splitting up what I want on the fly into three smaller bunches and doing what I just said. Hope this helps.
Just found this. Gonna try it this way next time.
