Here Poul describes the wishbone method of tying in throat hackles, a method that he has been using for a while. I combined those two things into a kind of wishbone heron throat hackle. By tying in two or three small sections of stem with barbs under the hook after finishing the body of the fly, I got an effect that was almost Speyish - although not as good as a real body hackle. Click here for detailed tying instructions . Don't think that heron is just for filthy rich criminals.
Spey flies are both beautiful and good fishing flies.
To the pattern Special Spey hooks are available, but it's not at all impossible to tie a Spey flies on any salmon hook. I personally prefer the classic curved Bartleet bend as seen on the Partridge hooks to the left. But a real cheapskate would never choose these expensive hooks. The plain Sprite hooks to the right are just fine - at less than half the price. Global Fly Fisher .