26/08/2026
Pattern Two of my small Spent Spinners series.
I tie these to my own dressing to try and emulate those I have seen on the water and also to tie the final stage of the Clyde Dry Fly patterns in general.
This one is a Medium Olive Spent Spinner, I will continue to post up other colour variations in the coming days as well.
The Veniards quill for this one has a nice and unusual dark nearly black Barr on one side of it, I think it gives the fly a real segmented look similar to the dyed stripped peacock quills also from Veniards, the Veniard quills are the best I’ve seen.
Hook - Veniard Osprey standard wet size 14, I find the dry hook a touch too long for this pattern.
Thread - Veniard Sheer in Black again unusual for an olive fly but I feel the black head gives a good contrast aiming point on these flies. (You can use Wisp as well but the thinner sheer was in my spool already)
Tail - Two red game fibres
Body - Veniard Turkey Biot in Olive
Thorax - Veniard SLF in Olive
Wing - Veniard Polypropylene Floating Yarn in Grey Dun (I split this into three equal sections so one 25mm piece ties three flies)
Getting the turkey biot to sit well can be tricky on these flies but I do prefer them to stripped quills as times, I recon they look a little bit fuller of life and that confidence is important.
Keep practicing them and you will get the tension right in time, it’s worth it.
Come find me at the upcoming Glasgow Angling Centre open weekend and I’ll show you how I do them
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