BBC Soft Hackle

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BBC Soft Hackle

Post by letumgo » Sun Aug 10, 2014 11:05 am

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BBC (Black-Brown and Copper) Soft Hackle
Hook - Mustad 9672 / Size 12
Thread - Pearsall's Gossamer Silk (Amber/No. 6) - well waxed
Rib - Medium Copper Wire
Body - LinCatex Wool/Nylon Mending Yarn (Color 101 / Olive brown)
Hackle - Collin's Hen Hackle (Honeydun variant - Black with dun colored mottling)
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Re: BBC Soft Hackle

Post by tie2fish » Sun Aug 10, 2014 11:18 am

Very nice "natural" color combination, Ray, and well executed tying. I notice that this is relatively large (Size #12); what fish species would you be targeting?
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Re: BBC Soft Hackle

Post by letumgo » Sun Aug 10, 2014 11:45 am

Steelhead... Won't be long now...

I am hoping this fly fishes deep. We'll see, once I get a chance to take it swimming.
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Re: BBC Soft Hackle

Post by DUBBN » Sun Aug 10, 2014 11:58 am

Very well done. Flawless as is the norm for you. Good to see you tying.
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Re: BBC Soft Hackle

Post by zen leecher » Sun Aug 10, 2014 12:41 pm

Did you take pliers to the hook eye or is it just the photo angle that makes it appear like a ring eye?
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Re: BBC Soft Hackle

Post by Stendalen » Sun Aug 10, 2014 1:39 pm

Oh...i was anticipating some dramatic news opening this post :-)

This was better.
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Re: BBC Soft Hackle

Post by DUBBN » Sun Aug 10, 2014 1:56 pm

Stendalen wrote:Oh...i was anticipating some dramatic news opening this post :-)

This was better.
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I was expecting something from Craigslist. You are correct. This is MUCH better.
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Re: BBC Soft Hackle

Post by letumgo » Sun Aug 10, 2014 1:59 pm

Zen/Bill - It must be the angle. The hook is a regular down eye hook.

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Re: BBC Soft Hackle

Post by Roadkill » Sun Aug 10, 2014 2:08 pm

Ray,

If you want to go deep I would tie it with just a copper wire body and hot orange tying thread (tag and head) for Steelhead. ;)
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Re: BBC Soft Hackle

Post by DUBBN » Sun Aug 10, 2014 2:24 pm

Slide a tungsten bead ahead of it when you tie it on. Different sized beads for different rates of descent.
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