People don’t fish with these flies much anymore but it’s f they knew how well they caught fish they definitely would. I’ve always admired how well you set the wings on wet flies. That is one of my favorite river flies. Of all the flies I’ve tied wet fly wings have always been the hardest thing to do well and although I can do it now you still amaze me as to how well you do it.

Hello Davie! What a beautiful classic fly! Well done!

Great seatrout fly with the mallard wings bleached white,👍

One of my all time favorite flies. One of the first fly Pattern I learned to tie. I Fish it quite a bit in # 14 and 16 During the heavy caddis hatches we get around Mothers Day. Good fly to swing at near dark too. It use to bother me that I could not set the wings to text book standards, They get chewed up some, and like the no hackle fly the more they get chewed on the better they fish.

Absolutely beautiful tye as always. Thanks so much for taking the time to explain and post.

Perfect execution of those wings! I absolutely love watching you tie wings on everything from salmon flies, Irish and Scottish wets, and dries meant for the river or by loughs. Great pattern choice as well and also one of my go to patterns on tough days, and a must for me to throw around before heading for home on tough days

Oops? Simple as it is, a beautiful fly Davie... Thank you Mike

Another great looking fly - great video

Great favourite of mine Davie. Thanks, stay well, Big Davie

Every video you upload,from the first pattern to the next, time and time again it just keeps getting better n better Davie.We commend you sir for me the all time great fly dresser.All the very best 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Lovely fly Davie thanks.

We first want to thank you for tying the leadwing coachman wet fly ty. It's always great to have a comparison to let you know you are on the right track with one's tying. Have you shown how to ty a wet winged cow dung fly, if not would you consider providing another example of a wet fly type

Great fly Davie 👍

You make it look so easy tying the wings Davie, great instructions 👍

Love the coachman. Brings back good memories of fishing white winged version at sedge time

Davie, you are the “Maestro” of pinch and loop, beautiful wings.

Superb Davie.

Beautiful looking fly Davie. If I had your touch and dexterity I’d take up bank note forging!!! Thanks

Absolutely beautiful, so nicely done.👏👏👏 Great beetle pattern for lochs and rivers.

Perfect timing! I was just thinking of how I'd tie these after my dad caught a nice brown on one a while ago. Thanks for the easy to follow tutorial Davie

Деви, у вас золотые руки! Спасибо вам!!!! Обязательно опробую эту муху на реках Урала!🤝

Nice tying en also a inspiration for more to use wet flies, thanks Davy, greetz from Holland 👏

Great old pattern that usually catches trout! Thanks for that!

Great classic effective wet fly davie

Просто ШЕДЕВР!!!👍💪

Admittedly I have a bias toward any fly with the coachman in the name, so I really like this fly. When I was first learning about fly fishing & flies, I can remember seeing the Leadwing Coachman on a color plate of classic wet flies & feel like the others were all pretty, but this is the one that looks like a real insect. I must learn to tie this!

A great old pattern, just as efffective with a quick wing removal at the waterside if needed. I know people have difficulty with wings. Two things which instantly improved my winging attempts years ago, were : Practice winging on a bare hook. Without head/body material interfering, it is so much easeir to sit them neatly and pinch and loop thread turns. Don't wind up the wing once it's initially caught on and set - wind turns away from the wing, towards the eye That way you remove the risk of crushing/twisting the wing with every turn. Bare hook winging practice was a revelation, after nailing the basics, I started marrying wings easily on the bare hook as well. When I moved onto a full dressing, bulky heads & bodies held little fear, and I could even wind turns up a wing succesfully 👍

Old pattern that works well today. 👍

👌perfection davie

A great favourite of mine.. Simple and elegant. :-)

A great classic pattern and as you said a good spider too. I’m guessing that was Red Grouse not Ruffed.

Great

Wonderful pattern, thank you for the the video.

Perfect done. You are best for teaching process all fly types. Thank you. Question: Do you sell your flies in a online shop?

Hi Davie, another cracking video, I'm just getting back into fly fishing after a very long break (marriage, mortgages, weans etc ! ), I got a second hand copy of Clyde style flies by John Reid the other day and was wondering if you would do a video based around Clyde styles, I'm based in Hamilton so my main rivers are upper Clyde and the Avon, most people suggest that it's lightly tied dour coloured flies for the best results ????, thanks for your time and effort !

Prefect

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Благодарю, Дэви! Класс!👍🤝🇰🇿

That dog will hunt

I never understood how to keep the wing from splitting after it gets tied. When I make them they never look as good as this. Unless I spray them with a light coat of clear lacquer paint, then I think it ruins the action of the feather wing.

Hi Davie, I often wonder what is the correct width of each wing, should they be the hook gape or do you have a better way that you would use that would help me? I'm either too wide or to thin, thanks Davie much appreciated.

Hi Davie - Do you have any comment about the peacock herl. I've found that after I fish the flies that I've made the herl becomes matted and ugly. I guess it's the quality or type of peacock herl that I have but honestly I don't see much difference when I look at the materials. So is there something I'm missing when buying the material, or perhaps I'm not using enough strands of herl when I wind the body?

Великолепно 👍🤝🙋‍♂️

Mr. McPhail, how do you keep the wing on the far side from folding over? I have a problem where the wing on my side is fine, but the wing on the far side folds or crimps up. What's the secret?

Hi Davie, Any chance of doing a video of a durris shrimp (Shitey Whitey). regards dean

So Davie, just spent two seconds thinking of this name. It must be a pretty old pattern? Does this mean that there is a "Coachman," body? I hadn't thought of it before, but the "Royal," was added because of the red band? Meaning that there is a "Coachman," body as well? I always have trouble with quill wings, I think I use too much, I'll work on this for awhile, I should get it! Thanks as always!!!

You always say varnish but what do you use super glue or nail polish or what? Love your Videos. Thanks Mark

Davie, what brand of wax do you prefer?