Fly Tying: Biot Bodies (Smooth~Ridged)

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Fly Tying: Biot Bodies (Smooth~Ridged)

BIOT BODIES HOW TO’s

This is my effort at a Pale Morning Dun, size 16. The tail is a few barbs from a grizzly hackle feather. The body (abdomen) is a yellow goose biot. There is a notch in every individual biot near the butt section. That notch is your guide to whether your body will be smooth (as I did here) or ridged. (Notch up = ridged body) (Notch down = smooth body). The wing is a clump of CDC that I tied in and raised up into a vertical position with thread wraps around the base. I tied in one medium blue dun feather and wrapped it behind the CDC post and then wrapped the hackle forward, to the front.

8 Responses to “Fly Tying: Biot Bodies (Smooth~Ridged)”

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1 FlyTieGuy
April 7, 2011 at 10:35 AM

Did you soak your biots before tying them?

Gordon

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- 2 SwittersB
  April 7, 2011 at 2:02 PM
  
  Gordon, I did not. Maybe why I fuss about with biots and quills….excellent reminder.
  
  Gary
  
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3 Cyril
April 4, 2011 at 9:16 AM

Hello,

I like this kind(genre) of fly. Congratulation for these very beautiful realizations.Please forgive my Englishman who is not very good.

Cordially Cyril

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- 4 SwittersB
  April 4, 2011 at 2:10 PM
  
  Thank you for visiting Cyril.
  
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5 JoJo
April 3, 2011 at 5:44 PM

They turned out amazingly beautiful

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6 Charlie Escobedo
April 3, 2011 at 1:02 PM

Sweet fly, awsome tye

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- 7 SwittersB
  April 3, 2011 at 1:29 PM
  
  Thank you. I struggle with smaller flies. Perhaps I should switch to big ol’ Intruders etc. Thanks for dropping by Charlie…appreciate it.
  
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