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Waker
How do you tie a Waker?
Waker is a dry fly pattern for trout, steelhead, salmon. Find its 5 materials and 11 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 2 of 5
- Target species
- trout, steelhead, salmon
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Materials
- – SSS Tying Thread Tan 8/0
- – FITS Tubing Bronze S
- – Dark brown nutria hair
- – Dark brown deer hair
- – Dark brown foam body
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Tying instructions
1. Cut off approximately 3cm of Tubing and melt one end using lighter. Maker sure not to over melt the tube.
2.Place tube on to needle.
3. Start thread wraps approximately halfway down the tube and wrap down to approximately 3/4 of the way down.
3. Cut off a small bunch of nutria hair. Be sure to pull out the excess before tying in. Tie on but make sure the fibers splay out. Use thumb nail to splay out proply as you tie in.
4. Tie in foam making sure the foam is meetin the base of the nutria hair.
5. Tie in small bunches of deer hair at a time ensuring it properly spins around the tube. (Point to note unlike when tying in on a hook shank it is difficult to adjust once on the tube. Ensure it is correctly bunched up before fixing in.) Leave approximately 6mm of tube exposed and Tie off thread.
6. Cut deer hair into shape using either sharp sizzors or ideally a razor blade. Make sure to make bottom as flat as possible and the sides and top curved. (Flat bottom helps the fly skate on the water correctly without spinning)
7. Re-attach thread.
8. Tie in the deer hair wings facing towards end of the fly, extending approximately halfway down the body. Trim off excess carefully ensuring not to cut the wings.
9. Fold over the foam and tie down with foam protuding from the point you have tied it down. This will help to cause a wake.
10. Tie off and can use super glue to help make it the fly stronger.