Loch Ordie Muddler (variation) SBS

[SBPatt 0]

Loch Ordie Muddler (variation)

A different way to skin the cat's head.

hook - Mustad 3906 #8

thread - Danville 6/0 black

body - ginger variant saddle hackle

collar/head - deer hair (loop spun)

mash barb, start thread, wrap to bend

tie in hackle by tip

palmer forward to 3/4 mark; tie off/trim

wax thread, create loop

clean, stack, measure (= to front hackle length); insert in clip, trim butts, insert in clip, spin

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/ag128/SBPatt/Tying/Tying003/IMG_8851_zpsfiuesjnd.jpg

stroke fibers back; wrap head, tie off/trim

half hitch x 2, SHHAN, trim head

Regards,

Scott

[feathers5 0]

Now that's an easy way to tie a muddler. Nice job!

 

 

 

Hey Scott, You have a little more history on this fly?

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Hey Scott, You have a little more history on this fly?

Here's what I've found

 

http://www.shetlandtrout.co.uk/shetland-fly-box.html

 

 

Regards,

Scott

[Crackaig 0]

If I may answer for Scott.

Loch Ordie is a traditional loch fly from this part of the world, originally it was a dapping fly, and I still tie them for use as dapping flies. Some people tie it with the white hackle at the rear, but it is more common to place the white hackle at the head of the fly. Bob Wyatt has his own version with a black hackle at the rear, brown in the middle and white at the head. If not tied as a dapping fly, it is usually tied with the hackle sloping back like a wet fly.

The Loch Ordie is used as the top, or bob, fly in a team of up to 4 flies in traditional loch style fishing. It should sit well down in the surface and produce a wake when pulled. It is a great pattern here; you will have a hard time finding anyone fishing the lochs who doesn't have a few "Ordies" tucked away in their fly box. Two seasons ago it accounted for my largest brown of the season.

My dapping version is tied entirely of deer hair in the same way Scott has tied the head, with black at the rear, brown in the middle, and white at the head.

Here are a couple of mine. Left the traditional dressing and right the Bob Wyatt variation.

Don't be afraid to wrap some hackle on these. Each of those in the picture have over 30 turns of hackle on them. It helps them create lots of surface disturbance.

The original was apparently based on the Neversink Skater, The Duke of Athol described the fly to Hardy Bros. who tied it as a dapping fly on a long shank hook with a tiny flying treble.

Cheers,

C.

[Crackaig 0]

Sorry my mistake Stan Headly created the variation with the black not Bob Wyatt. (Old age and new pills have my head all muddled up).

Cheers

C.