Trolling Flies - Create your Own

Tie Your Own

Trolling Flies

The following are the equipment, material, and steps to create your own trolling flies to use behind dodgers and flashers. There are a few different ways that this can be done. This is the easiest way that I have found to create your own. I have not gotten to water test this procedure to see how well our flies will hold up after a few fish though. Hopefully, they will be able to last for a long time, otherwise I will have to change my procedure.

The equipment that you will need is as follows.

A fly tying vise
A small finishing nail
Scissors
Nylon tubing
4" banded mylar
Ruler
Super glue
Head cement
Thread
Bobbin
A pen

The first step is to create the body. Take a long strip of tubing and cut a piece of it. A length of 1/2" - 5/8" works best.

Next place the body onto the vise using the nail.

Measure out 6" of banded mylar material. If you are going to use one color, measure out a 6" strip. If you are going to use two colors, measure out ~3" + ~3" for a total of 6" of material.

Dab a spot of super glue to the tube body. Set one end of the mylar onto the spot and line it up perpendicular to the nail.

Slowly wrap the mylar around the tube. Every 3-4 wraps a add a dab of more superglue.

Wrap the thread tightly onto the banded part of the mylar. Use the pen to tie 5 knots onto the layer of thread.

Next apply the head cement and let dry.

The final step is to fold the mylar back over the body and the fly is complete.

You can purchase materials to tie your own flies from the following websites:

This Page was last Updated on: 03/29/2008