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Caddis

Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 9:51 am
by DUBBN
Size 12 Caseless Caddis

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Re: Caddis

Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 12:10 pm
by gingerdun
Excellent, as is always the case with flies from your vise. Nice photograph too.
Lance

Re: Caddis

Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 1:10 pm
by letumgo
Wayne - Can you tell us how you formed and colored the body on this pattern? Nice attention to natural looking detail.

Re: Caddis

Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 2:28 pm
by DUBBN
letumgo wrote: Sun Aug 18, 2019 1:10 pm Wayne - Can you tell us how you formed and colored the body on this pattern? Nice attention to natural looking detail.
Similar to this....

https://youtu.be/BSAlYgUDdUo

Re: Caddis

Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 3:21 pm
by DUBBN
letumgo wrote: Sun Aug 18, 2019 1:10 pm Wayne - Can you tell us how you formed and colored the body on this pattern? Nice attention to natural looking detail.
Sorry about the poor fly quality. I am tying with a broken right (dominant)hand.
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By coloring with a Sharpie then wiping it lightly off then applying UV resin to the body, natural mottling becomes easy. From size 22 midge larva to size 6 Pigsticker worms.
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A link of how to apply and wipe Sharpie or Bic ink
https://youtu.be/akD2Zo8K_88

Re: Caddis

Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 5:14 pm
by chase creek
Dubbin - Very well done. :)