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Glo Bead Spider
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Anyone who fishes spider patterns knows how such a deadly tying design this can be. Traditionally these flies where used on the North Country Rivers although this pattern became popular across the whole country. Recently these have become a little out of favor; however once you have fished these patterns you will never look back. The standard method to fish spiders is using the down and across method on rivers. However I have had excellent success fishing these upstream on small rivers and allowing the flies to drift across the breeze on still waters. This pattern is essentially a black and peacock spider. The traditional pattern is excellent in a midge rise on both still waters and rivers. The addition of the glow bead to substitute a thorax gives the fish a hitting spot. The big advantage of this pattern is that it can be fished at all depths with any kind of retrieve. If the fish are in an aggressive mood pull this fly and it will reap dividends. As the pattern resembles naturals in the water the fish will not be put off as per a standard lure from seeing the same fly too often. Fly Tying Method
Tying Procedure 1. Slip on the glow bead and place near the eye of the hook. Bed hook with thread behind the bead.
2. Tie in the peacock herl and silver wire rib. 3. Cut off excess, continue bedding hook with thread and return to just behind the glow bead. Wrap the body with peacock herl and tie in. Trim the excess and rib the body with the silver wire, Tie off, trim excess and whip finish behind the glow bead. 4. Push the bead slightly back onto the body and bed the hook between the eye and the bead. Tie in a black hen hackle at the point. I personally prefer a longer than standard hackle due to the extra movement. Here experiment to obtain the look and movement you require. 5. Trim the tip of the hackle fibre and give the fly 1 or 2 turns of hackle. Catch the hackle in, form a neat head, whip finish and varnish. Tight lines and good luck! Steve
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