Fly Tying: A Quilled Half Hog Hopper With Martyn White

Much like hedgehogs, half hogs are great versatile patterns that can be fished as dries, wets or nymphs. This quilled version is equally at home imitating emerging or adult buzzers, olives and sedges. Head to   / flickingfeathers   or https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/flick... to support the channel and get access to members only content and enter the fly giveaways. Materials list Hook: ‪@FullingMill‬ Short shank special size 8-14 Thread: Light olive Uni 8/0 Abdomen: Thread Rib: Fulling Mill bright yellow olive stripped quill Wings: Natural roe deer Thorax: Dyed yellow hare's mask flash blend Legs: Knotted pheasant tail Some popular fly tying books Collins Illustrated Dictionary of Trout Flies https://amzn.to/4iEHbix George Barron's "At the End of the Line" https://amzn.to/3h7SiA6 and "A Fine Line" https://amzn.to/2Rd41SK Stan Headly's "Trout and Salmon Flies of Scotland" https://amzn.to/3io1WA0 Patsy Deery's book "Irish Mayflies" https://amzn.to/3bRcZ3B Peter O'Reiley's book "The Flies of Ireland" https://amzn.to/3sxCnkT