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
Soft hackle Caddis
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Soft hackle Caddis
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
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
Nice looking pattern!! 
Looks like something LaFontaine would have admired 
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Looks like something LaFontaine would have admired .-
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Re: Soft hackle Caddis
fishhead, Howdy;
Now that's some good looking thread wrappin' therapy
, !
hank
Now that's some good looking thread wrappin' therapy
, !hank
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Re: Soft hackle Caddis
That'll trap some air bubbles, nicely done!
Re: Soft hackle Caddis
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.Roadkill wrote:Nice looking pattern!!
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Re: Soft hackle Caddis
yes the gold wire is there to hold the cdc in, which would loosen and move down the shank without the wire.