Polish Grizzly Soft Hackle

[Roadkill]

This is the last fly for my 2024 Polish Soft Hackles fly box...

RIMG2907 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

Hook-Dai Riki 70 #16
Thread-UTC 70 Black
Tail- Br. Yellow UNI_Floss
Body- Kimono Castle Grey Silk
Rib-SM Silver Ultra Wire
Thorax- Orvis Black Antron/Hare
Hackle- Whiting Grizzly Hen Cape

[DUBBN]

The whole series looks great. Well done!

[letumgo]

Bill - Did you wrap the silk body with a second bobbin, or by hand? I’m trying to figure out the tying sequence.

Handsome pattern.

[Ron Eagle Elk]

Nice one, Bill. Nice and sparse. Very good looking pattern that I will be copying.

[Roadkill]

RAy,

I used a second bobbin for the silk!

I tied the black thread in at the head, then wrapped over the floss from the thorax to the tail.
Next, I tied in the wire and silk from the thorax to the tail.
Then I moved the black up to the thorax and completed the body.
The dubbed thorax was added and then the hackle.

[letumgo]

Thanks Bill.

[DOUGSDEN]

Beautiful pattern Bill! It just has to catch a trout or two!
D.