Quilldigon fly tying tutorial 

Robert Payne glad to hear it!

Ahhh thanks!

Happy Thanksgiving to you too!

Thanks Cailean. I do ship to Scotland if you are interested in the inverting beads. And I have tried the synthetic quills but appreciate the width and thinness of the natural quills on smaller patterns.

Wayne S. I’ve tried them all through the gauge I have and they fit

You can always prop it up with some thread wraps behind the bead. If you put enough behind it it will hold it in place.

rjfeld11 yes. If I’m going to fish two flies it would be very rare to not have the dropper add weight to the system.

Devin, I guess I'm missing something, If the point fly is reaching the bottom why add additional weight to the dropper? Wouldn't the dropper move more naturally without weight?

Fishing two flies will automatically separate them into different current seams which will reduce the quality of the drift to begin with. So if I’m already getting to depth with one fly I will leave it a single fly rig for the best possible drift or I will reduce the size and weight of the point fly but have a weighted dropper so both flies can be smaller. Unweighted droppers tend to wrap around the leader as well which can lead to tangled or the fly looking like it has two pieces of tippet attached to it.

Thank you very much, I really appreciate your work and your personal interest. 1@@tacticalflyfisher3817

Give this post a read and it will help you understand the reasoning behind why I kept the wingcase on the top of an inverted fly. www.tacticalflyfisher.com/blog/wingcases-shellbacks-and-wings-to-invert-or-not-to-invert-that-is-the-question/

Got it. Essentially, it's all about attraction "theory" (rather assumption). Makes sense. Story of tumbling insects seems to me too stretched, kind of excuse . Statistically... just doesn't makes any sense. However, keying dark spot, regardless of position, seem just enough. Here's my two cents: almost all my nymphs with beads, rides hook up, statistically most of the time. Practically, anybodies nymph goes hook up if it is tied (1) heavy, on a (2) down eyed hook. Jig hook just force that position even more. My kind of "testing" of a Copper John Nymph (regular - with "wing case of flash", and other kind -with "wing case of flash" that rides toward surface) tells me that is more successful to have that pearl flash that rides toward bottom, hence toward fish (tied on the opposite side of a hook gap, regular way; which goes hook up anyway, almost all the time). Thank You for those inspiring thought! ;)

Yes. I will fish multiple sizes of beads on the same size hook depending on the weight I'm after.

Tactical Fly Fisher general how many different bead sizes will you fish on one hook size

Roy, I do feel more confident with the addition of the wingcase personally but that's up to each tyer to decide. If you want a little food for thought you should read this www.tacticalflyfisher.com/blog/wingcases-shellbacks-and-wings-to-invert-or-not-to-invert-that-is-the-question/

It doesn’t really matter. Just submerge them and by the time you get to that step it will be ready. You can leave the rest of them in the drink until you get to that step for each bug in the batch you tie.

@@tacticalflyfisher3817 thx. Also do you just get one fly out of each quill?

@@chriscrumbley9219 yes

The Quilldigon and a black krystal flash version of the butano

So the identical tie as per your orange butano but substitute with black krystal flash?

correct

That would soften it but the resin wouldn’t stick to it afterward.