Tying Theo’s House Fly
Theo Bakelaar, our Holland Connection, has graciously agreed to share his tying steps for the House Fly. This tying strategy would make a great cicada, wasps, bees, and other dipterans.
Use a straight eye scud or Czech nymph hook and tie in a body of peacock hero.
Cut a piece of foam and make two holes near the center. Run the eye of the hook through the hole closest to the body portion of the foam. The front piece of foam will be folded back, and the hook eye will pass through the second hole. Then tightly tie off the body just behind the eye.
Make a few wraps of herl just benign the eye to cover the thread.
Add J;son wings or other winging material.
Fold the front piece of foam back over the top of the fly, running the eye through the second hole in the foam. Clip the second piece of foam to length as shown.
Add the rubber legs. To mark the legs, pinch the end, stretch out, mark with fine tip permanent marker. When leg is released it will snap back and the dots will be small.
Three houseflies, each with different winging material.