On Wednesday October 28, 2020 at 7pm EST, Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing veteran ambassador and professional fly tier SGT Lee Barbee, U.S. Army (ret) of Red,White and Blue Flies broadcast a virtual fly tying class live on the Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Facebook Page. You can watch the full class below.
He tied a Klinkhammer. Here’s what you need to tie along at home:
- Hook: Partridge 15BNY
- Thread: Semperfli nano silk
- Tail: Whiting Farms CDL
- Shuck: Semperflash krystal Pearl
- Body: Semperfli dirty bug yarn
- Thorax: Semperfli sparkle dub
- Parachute: kip/ calf tail in white and hot orange
- Hackle: Whiting Farms Natural Dun
- UV: Solarez Medium on the parachute post for the bondic post method
Watch past fly tying tutorials here: SGT Lee Barbee’s Fly Tying Library
Following his time as a participant with our Walter Reed, MD program, Lee launched Red White and Blue Flies – a Veteran owned and operated company providing quality, hand-tied flies for the everyday fly angler – and moved to California to attend college with the goal of becoming a Physician Assistant and health care provider. You can find Red White & Blue Flies on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/redwhiteblueflies/
