Tying a Small Bait Fish Pattern with Davie McPhail 

I will never get this fly out of mind. It’s up on my permanent google search bar. 7 years ago now. I tied 3 and to this day I have not fished it. But it is a beautiful thing and For years I fished streamers exclusively and am drawn more to them. I pray all is well with you and yours.

Absolutely beautiful!!! Wow!!!

Never the less this pattern is bound to catch fish 🎣

Hello Davie, I'm so glad I found your channel again , i haven't had any alerts for a while ,I've always liked your videos on fly tying, i catch loads of fish on the flies i learned to tie from you

Hi Davie...I love this little minnow, perfect for those hungry Bull trout here in Canada! Thanks for the instructions always first class!

Very nice ! A fly with a evening dress 😄 BRAVO.

Davie I caught a huge Great Lakes Steelhead with this pattern. Fantastic bait fish pattern!

One of my favorites, stopped fishing as many Buggers because these are more fun and effective for me here in the US.

extremely effective on brown trout.i used it all season and it did its job every time from early spring to late summer.

Very Nice Davie. Cute little guy. Thankyou for sharing this video with us. Aloha🌴🎣🐟🐟

Hi Davie great bait fish pattern you give a bloke some great ideas thank you again mate.

This is a great fry pattern - one of the best I've seen. I especially like that it can be tied small or large. I'd fish this with a lot of confidence if the trout were hitting fry...

Merry Christmas Davie and a prosperous healthy and blessed new year.

very nice baitfish pattern Davie.. I will definitely add this to my fly box.. Thanks.!!

Hey Davie another great pattern.

Thanks for sharing this one Davie . Wicked little baitfish pattern loving the gills ,flash and eye.. I can see any predator having a go at this one. If you get the time to do a sandeel pattern sometime. Would be much appreciated. Thanks for sharing your skills...

Lovely tie, I love to tie little baitfish patterns and I will be doing this version. Thanks for the info, tips and tricks to better tieing. Love your channel Davie.

Apprezzo molto la finezza dei suoi streamer.Alcuni pensano che basta avvolgere qualcosa all'amo per funzionare.Tutto deve avere un equilibrio,una funzione,una proporzione.Gli streamer sono esche da intenditori.

Man you are good.!you got down like Charlie brown

Four thumbs up Davie! 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 I like the this one! Very good pattern for rainbow trout! I like your tying. I'm subscribing!

very nice pattern ,,I could see that working on smallmouth bass.walleye crappie

Very nice Davie!

Great Dave! so beautiful!!

Loved Davie...

will definitely use this one for bass thanks again.

Looks super!👍🏼

Wish I could understand you. Love the video anyway!

I'd tie the wings shorter if I were fishing for landlocked salmon in Maine. They like to strike short, at the tail, and I want them to have a good opportunity to contact the hook. 👍

Wow you are a artist

A very beautiful bait fish.

Very nice Davie, I'm definitely going to try tying that. It's almost like a half & half ( Clouser/Deceiver) without the weight. Do you know how it fishes and if tying the eyes on the bottom of the shank would effect how it swims? thanks Davie. ( also I think leaving the wing angled up without the resin would give it more scissor action like a Joe Brooks Blonde. What do you think?) Thanks again Davie, you really make me think about fly design!

Great looking fly 👌

That looks like it is perfect for perch

thank you! very nice streamer.

Alright Davie, if the tack bothers you, pick up a nail salon lamp from amazon or similar, put the finished flies in for 20 minutes or so and the tack is totally gone. Martyn

great pattern.going to tie some up tonite.forsee inland stripers eating this.

Impressive pattern

Lovely patern. Make a lot of baitfish for the Danish seatrouts, but my exsperience is that the fish do, take the fly a lot in the tail if they are too long and. I keep them at the max, 3 cm (2,5 inch) behind the hookbend. If i make them longer 6-9 cm, i tie in a stinger hook on a intruderwire, so i have two hooks on the fly...this is a very poison medicine for the seatrouts in olive grizzly saddel feathers, pearl dub with long fibers, 3-4 mm eyes, uv glue or epoxy glue, and dye the area under the eyes red with a marker.

So good!

I wonder why I haven't tied this fly yet? I think the spey feather variant will be good for sea trout.

very beautiful thanks!!!

sos un genio man

Nice fly and presentation. If you have the materials, a beginner fly tyer can tie that and it would be very effective.

really nice

The eyes, the eyes. Where can you get them? I'm so tired of the eyes we have here in the states. Spend 5 minutes getting the pair to sit right, 5 minutes to try to get them covered with adhesives, 2 casts to loose them. These barbell eyes are perfect. Now to try and find them.

Amazing. thanks for tips..

Can only find Diamond Eyes 4mm Clear in Denmark no USA sales

Very nice fly. What was the name of the tail feathers... just has Krystal flash on recipe. Thank you again for a great video.

Beautiful little baitfish!! What faux fur did you use for the wing? The barring is perfect!

Hi Davie, thanks for sharing this pattern, can you tell me where I can get the Diamond eyes from? I would like to give this one a go, thanks for all you do for us Novices.

Hi Davie, can you suggest a pattern to imitate small dace/dace fry? Our river system has been inundated with dace, an invasive species on the River Barrow System I'm sure the larger Trout are feeding on them.

Hello Davie. I was just wondering where I can get some of those eyes. I've tried looking on other sites and tried to get my local fly shop to get me some but they say they can't order them from any place. Could you help please mate. Have a great day and looking forward to more videos. Best Regards,Ken

loverly fly as ever Davie... but won't it fish upside down due to the dumbbell eyes acting as a keel weight?

Nice and simple, how do you fish it ? As a streamer or under an indicator

Hello Davie really enjoy your flies . Any chance you tie any Coho salmon flies . thank you in advance

very nice ... thank you .. Those eyes , are they in the states anywhere . do you know ??

Hi David could you tie pike flys and make a video

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Hi Davie Where can I buy the Diamond Eyes. I am living in Singapore. Sam

is that for mackerel?

dope

Great looking little bait fish there my friend. I see you went back to using your Lawson vice again. Can you get those eyes from any wheres? Thanks for sharing Davie. Best Regards, Ken

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Wish I could understand what he is saying.

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what brand vice do you use?

Eyes are retail only unless a shop in your are Carrie's them.

Davie is that barred craft fur

Could work on Bass maybe

tau dari mana buat sendiri ya

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This is a very good looking pattern. However, I just could not understand most of what he said. Sorry.

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