Private Eye Soft Hackle
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2023 5:29 pm
I created this fly to use the Peacock Eye that I had trimmed the tips off for my #16 DMS Caddis heads...
http://www.flymphforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=11307
RIMG1464 by William Lovelace, on Flickr
I tied about 4 herls in at the hook bend using the spot where I had cut off the tips & twisting them into a rope to form the body. The fly shows the bright Green, then the Gold and a little of the bright Blue of the feather.
RIMG1465 by William Lovelace, on Flickr
Hook- Mustad 3906B #12
Thread- Kimono Mossy Oak Silk
Body-Peacock Eye
Rib-SM Silver Ultra wire
Thorax-Peacock Black Ice Dub
Hackle-Whiting Dark Natural Dun Hen
http://www.flymphforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=11307
RIMG1464 by William Lovelace, on Flickr
I tied about 4 herls in at the hook bend using the spot where I had cut off the tips & twisting them into a rope to form the body. The fly shows the bright Green, then the Gold and a little of the bright Blue of the feather.
RIMG1465 by William Lovelace, on Flickr
Hook- Mustad 3906B #12
Thread- Kimono Mossy Oak Silk
Body-Peacock Eye
Rib-SM Silver Ultra wire
Thorax-Peacock Black Ice Dub
Hackle-Whiting Dark Natural Dun Hen