Sommaire "Les mouches à saumon"
Ninth step
The topping


 
ETAPE 1 : Select 2 symmetrical feathers of parrot or another bird.
 
ETAPE 2 :Attach the feathers to each side to form the cheeks
 
ETAPE 3 : Carefully check to be sure the feathers are the same length
 
ETAPE 4 : Then place 2 smaller feathers, and finish with a third pair, this time using kingfisher.
 
ETAPE 5 : We will now finish the fly with a topping
 
ETAPE 6 : A close-up of the head.
 
 
ETAPE 7 : Select a golden pheasant crest feather. How to prepare these feathers will be described a little later in the following steps and video
 
ETAPE 8 : Place your feather on the fly.
 
ETAPE 9 : With tweezers, grasp the feather at exactly the place you will attach it
 
 
ETAPE 10 : Strongly grip with the tweezers.
 
 
ETAPE 11 : Place the feather like this.
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ETAPE 12 : With your finger push the feather against the tweezers.
 
ETAPE 13 : You obtain a break.
 
ETAPE 14 : Clean the base of the feather.
 
ETAPE 15 : Place the feather on the fly.
 
ETAPE 16 : Attach the feather. This is a delicate operation which often requires some time so that you are sure it is in contact with the wing.
 
ETAPE 17 : Bind down to form the head. In many cases the accumulation of materials makes it impossible to bind the entire head.
 
 
ETAPE 18 : Lock your tying thread with a drop of cyanoacrylate glue
  ETAPE 19 : Cut your thread. The head will remain unfinished.
  ETAPE 20 : The fly is almost finished