Tying a Hairwing Brora Salmon Fly by Davie McPhail 

Hi Paul, If you can contact me through another platform say Facebook then you can private message me and I can tye you a streamer, if this doesn't help you then I do sell the odd streamer on Ebay..I've nothing at the moment. All the very best Davie.....

Hi hunt4fish, I'm glad you liked the way I varnish the heads of my salmon flies, it's a method I used to speed up the process when I was a Ghillie as you didn't get a lot of time especially when a pattern was working that week..I'm sorry to say that with my experience since they started farming salmon off our shores things did change especially with our seatrout as they almost all disappeared.. All the very best Davie

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Hi Karl Dunphy, I'm glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for the kind words...The wing on the classic version of the Brora is brown, blue and white Turkey on top, the sides are Woodduck and then finish with a Golden Pheasant topping..I bough a full skin of the Blue Eared Pheasant when I was in America.. All the very best Davie

Thnx Davie

Hi Al Melling, It does stand for 8 denier so if you are struggling to find some look out for guetermann threads as these are much the same as the uni-threads and can be found anywhere in the world..I have attached a link to their website so that you can do a search for anyone that sells their thread..Let me know how you get on. www.guetermann.com/en All the very best Davie

@@DavieMcPhail thank you. That is a great help. I must say i didnt think i would get a reply, i am very excited. Thank you again and very best wishes.

Thank you again David,yes we found them in Manila. ,now to make a start. Very best wishes.

Hi David, It can be quite hard to find though Cookshill Tackle do have some at times but you would be best to give them a call first..The last skin that I bought came from Ebay as you can find them under taxidermy birds which I have used many times to get the feathers I want..There's one on there just now but it's not cheap, I have attached a link to it for you to see.. All the very best Davie.. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/373960961706?hash=item5711cf6eaa:g:9K0AAOSwuNxiGNkc

@@DavieMcPhail thanks once again for your help Davie, oh I sent you a DM on Facebook

@@DavieMcPhail Davie I tried Steve today and got sorted 👍

Hi Alex K, I have listed the materials for the original dressing of the Brora..All the very best Davie Thread, Black Tag, Uni-Tinsel X-Small Oval Silver Tinsel & Pink Floss Tail, Golden Pheasant Crest Body, First Half Lagartun X-Strong Medium Oval Silver Tinsel Second Half Med-Flat Silver Tinsel and Small Oval Silver Tinsel Veiling, Toucan Wing, Natural Brown, White and Dyed Blue Turkey or Goose Shoulder Sides, Barred Woodduck Hackle, Blue Eared Pheasant dyed Black Topping Golden Pheasant Crest..

***** Thank you very much, Davie! I will tie it soon.

Hi Slick Roode, I've been using the Tiemco Razor Scissors which I would say is one of the sharpest pair of scissors I have every used though I have to be honest that I dropped a pair on my laminate floor and broke the tips so you have to be careful..I did lightly file them back and they have been fine..I'm due to buy another pair so I may try the standard ones just to see what they are like... www.fullingmill.co.uk/Products-UK/Fly-Tying-UK/Tiemco-Razor-Scissors-with-TC-Blades-UK All the very best Davie

Davie McPhail thanks for they reply. They certainty are in higher price range but I'll give them a look. Thanks

Hi Mike, Most of the bucktail can be stacked and used like this as all the fibres will taper out like in the videos and as you can see it makes a nice wing...I was tying some 10s and 12s today and the wings were made from bucktail so you can tye from the biggest to the smallest fly you need.. All the very best Davie

Hi Ron, I used a Alex Jackson Spey size 1.5...ATB Davie