Buittle Pig Pen

[scotfly]

This is the Buittle Pig Pen, a pattern of my own that I came up with a few years ago.
I found it very successful in the summer when there was a bit of algae suspended in the water. Coupled with a Red Hot Spot PT on the dropper, it saved many a day for me.

Instructions assume right-handed tyers

HOOK – Traditional Wet Fly 12/14
THREAD – Black
TAIL – Golden Pheasant Tippets.
RIB – Silver Wire
BODY – Dyed Black Pheasant Tail
WING – Amherst Pheasant Tippets
THORAX – Black Midge SLF #16
THORAX COVER – Dyed Black Pheasant Tail

STEP 1
Mount the hook in the vice, attach the thread and wind down, catching in the rib under the shank as you go.



STEP 2
Catch in the Tippets for the tail on top of the shank.



STEP 3
With the first turn of thread back up the body, catch in the body material. Continue winding to the thorax. Apply some varnish to the body wraps




STEP 4
Wind the body material forward and tie off.




Followed by the rib.



STEP 5
Catch in the Amherst Tippets for the wing, they should reach just past the end of the body.



STEP 6
Catch in the thorax cover, tie them in at the butt end, that way when you finish the fly the thinner tip end will be tied in, making a smaller head.




STEP 7
Dub the thorax, I like a small bulbous thorax on this fly.




STEP 8
Pull the thorax cover over and tie off.





STEP 9
Trim the waste, form a neat head, whipfinish and varnish for the completed fly.




Buittle, pronounced Bittle, is the name of my local reservoir back up in Scotland.