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Soft hackle Caddis
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 10:03 pm
by fishhead
Hook: Lightning strike nymph/wet size 14
Body: bronze turkey quill and then hackled with trimmed brown cdc
Ribbing: extra small gold wire
Thorax: golden yellow fine dubbing
Hackle: brown partridge
Thread: danvilles 6/0 in Orange
Re: Soft hackle Caddis
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 11:18 pm
by Roadkill
Nice looking pattern!!
Looks like something LaFontaine would have admired
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Re: Soft hackle Caddis
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 11:53 pm
by hankaye
fishhead, Howdy;
Now that's some good looking thread wrappin' therapy
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hank
Re: Soft hackle Caddis
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 9:57 am
by Smuggler
That'll trap some air bubbles, nicely done!
Re: Soft hackle Caddis
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 10:47 am
by tie2fish
Roadkill wrote:Nice looking pattern!!
Looks like something LaFontaine would have admired
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It does have that "sparkle pupa" look to it. Is the gold wire rib in there primarily to reinforce the CDC? It won't be easily seen.
Re: Soft hackle Caddis
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 1:41 pm
by fishhead
yes the gold wire is there to hold the cdc in, which would loosen and move down the shank without the wire.
