Grenwells glory – wee wet

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Almost every English dry fly has a wee wet version. This is mine Greenwells Glory wee wet. Its a great little fly for across and down and works particularly well when fished along with a bead head spider.

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Materials

Hook Thread Rib Body Hackle Wing
Tiemco #12 and Knapek L #14 $ #16 6/0 primrose yellow Fine silver wire Thread Most recipes call for a coch-y-bonddu hackle but I prefer an English partridge feather Wood duck feather slip

Process

A
  1. Wind the thread in touching turns to the bend of the hook and then back to the 95% position.

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  2. Tie in a length of fine silver wire along the top of the hook shank.
  3. Wind the thread back to the 95% position in tight touching turns creating a thin cigar shaped body.
  4. Wind the fine silver wire up the body forming 5 or 6 equal body segments.

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  5. Take an extra turn of the wire in front of the body and worry off the excess wire.

B
  1. Select an English partridge feather that has barbules about as long as the hook shank.
  2. Tie the feather in by the tip at the 95% position.

C
  1. Trim away the tip of the hackle with a blade.
  2. Take 2 or 3 turns of hackle at the 95% position. I generally find that 2 turns is enough.

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  3. For all intentions at this stage, except for finishing the head of the fly, you have the equivalent of a ‘North Country’ spider.

D
  1. Select a pair of matching feather slips.
  2. Tie them in just behind the eye of the hook with one each side of the fly.
  3. Build up a neat head of thread.

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  4. Whip finish the head of the fly.
  5. Trim the thread and varnish the head of the fly.