As promised, here are the instructions for my version of the Davie St. Hooker to which I have added the tag, ‘All Dressed’. The fly in the example is tied on a #2 hook, 4x long and 3x heavy.
MATERIAL: suitably sized long shank streamer hook, cerise or hot pink bucktail or polar bear hair, white bucktail or polar bear hair, pink lazer wrap, silver tinsel, pearl flashabou, pink pearl flashabou, pink crystal flash, cerise or hot pink schlappen hackle, purple schlappen hackle, cerise or hot pink thread.
Lets begin. Attatch the hot pink thread to the rear of the hook and tie a piece of silver tinsel long enough to cover the entire hook shank.
Next cut a thin strip of the pink lazer wrap long enough to cover 2/3 of the silver tinsel covered hook shank. Taper one end of the laser strip.
As I mentioned, tie in the strip of laser wrap 1/3 of the distance between the tie in point of the silver tinsel and the eye of the hook. Wrap the thread up the shank of the hook and secure at the eye of the hook.
Wrap the silver tinsel all the way to the eye of the hook and secure. Trim off the excess.
Now over-wrap the silver tinsel with the laser wrap up to the eye of the hook. Secure the laser wrap with the thread and trim the excess.
Tie in a few strands of pearl flashabou. For the size two hook, I believe I used about a dozen strands. Make the pearl flashabou wing 1/3 longer than the hook shank.
Top the pearl flashabou with a medium bunch of white bucktail or polar bear hair.
Tie in a few strands of pink crystal flash, again 1/3 of the hook shank longer than the white layer. I used about 10 strands in the example.
Top the pink crystal flash with an equally long medium bunch of hot pink hair.
Top the pink hair with a slightly longer few strands of pink pearl flashabou. The example used about 15 strands.
Next tie in a purple schlappen hackle by the base with the fluffy feathers removed.
Depending on the size of hook, wrap a few touching turns of the purple schlappen (few wraps for a smaller hook and more for a larger version). In the example I gave the fly 4 complete wraps of the hackle. Be sure to smooth the schlappen fibres back towards the hook point as you wrap each turn of the hackle. Tie off the purple schlappen and trim the excess.
Now repeat the process with the hot pink schlappen. Remove the lower feather fluff and tie in the base of the stem.
Once again give several turns of the hot pink schlappen according to the hook size. Again, I used four turns of schlappen for the #2 hook.
Create a neat thread head and seal with your favorite head cement or varnish. I think you will be quite amazed at the way this pattern seems to glow from the centre courtesy of the light gathering abilities of the lazer wrap. Good luck and tight lines!
