Tying a Small Elastic Mayfly Nymph by Davie McPhail 

Hi Gareth, I'm glad you enjoy the videos and thank you for the kind words...I hope your box when full wins you a few competitions which I'm sure they will...Let me know how you get on.. All the very best Davie

Hi Half Insane Outdoor Guy, I have had this happen to me too, coating the resin with the varnish does help though a light coat of varnish on before the resin can help as well..I prefer to use the lite uv version as it seeps into the dressing a little so it holds a bit better..After setting the resin I will sit my flies in the sunlight as it will set it even harder in my view, I especially do this when I have been working on a few flies like buzzers...Let me know how you get on.. All the very best Davie

Thank you Kiyoshi Lengyel...All the very best Davie

OldBear5255 hello, you can find this elastic band a lot on ebay. is a Chinese product. for little money

Hi Ken, I'm sure you would probably find some in a craft shop and you never know body glass could be the same material or even a better one as I've not used it..I'm glad glad you liked the fly... All the very best Davie

Hi Terryll Monroe, The main reason for a resin going cloudy is that it hasn't adhered to the body and came away or when fished the water gets under it that's why I use the lite version and use as little as possible..The varnish also can dry and pull the resin away as it sets far harder than the resin so I would experiment a little more to see how things go as I'm still doing this myself.. All the very best davie

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334629902644?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D259359%26meid%3D07c060a1a3bb43a0932dece08c30d289%26pid%3D101195%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D374821652388%26itm%3D334629902644%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D4429486%26algv%3DSimplAMLv11WebTrimmedV3MskuWithLambda85KnnRecallV1V2V4ItemNrtInQueryAndCassiniVisualRankerAndBertRecallWithVMEV3CPCAutoWithCassiniEmbRecall%26brand%3DUnbranded&_trksid=p4429486.c101195.m1851&amdata=cksum%3A33462990264407c060a1a3bb43a0932dece08c30d289%7Cenc%3AAQAIAAABcHD%252FO%252BVoFoPPIoZ2g0kOZxWd85mWuIHekSp3qag7zFfwObZeQoitzE%252FDCfcejfO%252BzOLmzZmy11RrgWpA56KM9DpasK%252BGtGYwCFvgaK6ijP5AqShEUhT8f2oX6hvndJ3G0oWH8DD1DlBWseQltpxcSDW2Uu52NrseaxeINpsrDP6vx7ny%252BkPKauMa3yeSanWiipjwu4grG%252BUPxOtfHUv%252FwAN%252F3n5rCILwBRbg5L6j%252B38QGsDOawKKFrg2rVyo9znyHz62h6K1xmndUnmD5QGzg9tZuwiMO9p8Di2JAMdIQ5RyUvUmfk%252Bd%252Bb7hGYf2I9BYQJNqupyFDW3ZUT57JfNE2HlTohQO1HAitdyxbAqJ3nOaMsgwLwYt%252FnJysgzy5n%252Fqtvh8z7rj4ZzrBpyFFPb7AaYMtekFasurfUyLESb6xIp1y2cqv2oIlaK5dN%252BDnzgZKRl14IXRlKRwOVcOhr9Hg%252FNYlYSGuXO8huSbgFyI8PgA%7Campid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A4429486

Hi Terryll Monroe, I'm glad you liked the fly and thank you very much for the kind words..The reason for the varnish is that the resin can leave a light tacky film after curing which will cause the resin to look cloudy if touched so I coat it with a fine coat of Veniards Clear varnish which I would highly recommend..Many thanks again.. All the very best Davie

@@DavieMcPhail Thank you very much sir. I recently learned about when and why to apply head cement and super glue. Never would I have found the reasoning for each on my own. You sir have brought it full circle, and I thank you kindly. God bless you. Also, if you wouldn't mind, could you do a video on explaining fly proportions and how to measure them out? That is still the one thing I and others I tie with struggle on sometimes. We know it's done in thirds, but easier said than done. A video showing and explaining this little puzzle would help many I bet.

@@DavieMcPhail Thank you sir. I need to quit touching the UV resin before I put on the varnish. I tied some last night and tried two different varnishes. After letting them sit all night both varnishes, Hard as Hull and Sally Hansen Hard as Nails, each flies coating over the UV resin is hard. So it was all my fault from the beginning not allowing the varnish to completely dry before touching it. Thank you Davie for all your tutorials and sharing your skill with your fly tying fans. You are the one I watch and learn most from because you do take time to answer questions we have. You have answered more than one of my questions, and it shows you care. Thank you very much and God bless you.

Hi Msmomma1973, Rabbit is an excellent dubbing and will work as well as the Squirrel for many flies like this nymph you can also use what feathers you have though try and keep to the colour combination to suit the flies that you are trying to represent... All the very best Davie..

@@DavieMcPhail thank you, I love how detailed you are in your videos, it makes it very easy to follow. I love your accent also , where are you from if you don't mind me asking?

Hi Msmomma1973, I'm from Scotland and I live on the south west coast in a town called Ayr, very famous for it's golf courses and not forgetting a few nice lochs and rivers..I'm glad you enjoy the videos and the flies I tye and thank you for the kind words... All the very best Davie..

Hi crazytrutas, I mostly fish them upstream and allow them to drift naturally towards me but I like to give them the odd twitch bringing the tip of the rod towards the bank...It can induce a take when fish are thinking twice about taking it.. All the very best Davie

Great, thank you for your tip Davie. I'll have to give this a try next season. Don't do any upstream nymphing. Just hope that we get some rain, the rivers are dry here in the north of Portugal. Kind regards Mike.

Hi Ed Cook, Yes you can as I've done this many times on similar flies, I recently tyed a caddis pupa using nylon as the rib..I have attached a link to it for you to see... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dykik9kCtIY.html All the very best Davie

Hi Jared Militello, I used Veniards Clear varnish and the resin came from Fulling Mill... All the very best Davie..

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3P6MZIrpGG0.html&lc=UgwH0zGx3tU0rmrIFld4AaABAg

Hi Jussi Ojala, If you have a photo and a dressing of this fly then please send a link to me and If I have the materials I will certainly look at tying one...I'm glad you liked the fly... All the very best Davie..

+Davie McPhail Where i can send the Picture

+Jussi Ojala 2 pcs of tail feelers and best hook sice Is 6-10.

Hi Jussi Ojala, Do you have an Instagram page that you could upload the photo and send me a link to it or something similar as this would work fine..ATB Davie..

+Davie McPhail Yes i have instagram

Hi Aleksey, Unfortunately they are becoming very hard to find but the odd one does appear on Ebay from time to time although it has been a while since I have seen one, if one does come up I'll certainly let you know...Out of interest I have attached a link to a copy of the Law Vice but I have to say that I have not personally handled this vice so I couldn't say it's the exactly the same but it's worth a look..www.virtual-nymph.com/pro-vice.html All the very best Davie...

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lawence-Waldron-fly-tying-vice/202229925295?hash=item2f15d7c5af:g:qzcAAOSwU3taherP

Hi Aleksey, There's a Law vise up for auction so I have attached a link for you to see it's Lot 635..ATB Davie.. angling-auctions.co.uk/page-13/

Valdemar ruberg Fishing "Do more nymph?" Have you seen the amount of nymph patterns he has in his library? Probably hundreds