A generic softhackle, using mallard flank fluff as thorax and head.
hook - Mustad 3399A #12
thread - MFC 8/0 Light Brown
abdomen - opal tinsel medium (colored with tan sharpie)
thorax/head - mallard flank fluff dyed woodduck
hackle - partridge dyed tan
mash barb, start thread 1 eye width back from eye; tie in tinsel (you could tie in the hackle, but it kinda gets in the way when wrapping the tinsel)
wrap tinsel to bend and back
prep partridge; tie in by tip (switched light source setting on camera to get better focus but introduced greenish cast in the process)
trim tips of the fluff on one side of a mallard flank feather; insert in clip and cut away from quill
unwind thread to remove any twist; split with needle, insert clip, trap fluff in thread, release from clip, spin bobbin to create chenille-ish thing
wrap thorax up to hackle (take a temporary wrap past hackle)
wrap hackle, sweeping fibers back
unwind the temporary wrap with the chenille, then complete head, half hitch x 2, SHHAN (switched back to old light source setting)
Regards,
Scott
