Hook: Allen SW001 #4
Thread: UNI 6/0 Grey
Tail: Craft fur white/olive/black, krystal flash
Eyes: The Fly Co 7/32
Head: Glitter & Bug Bond
Finally got to use the glitter for something on the head of this baitfish looking down
52 weeks: 15 – Green
Tube: Green
Thread: UNI 6/0 Grey
Tag: UNI-French Silver
Body: UNI-Floss Highland Green, Lagartun French Silk Floss
Rib: UNI-French Oval Med. Silver, UTC French Tinsel Med Gold
Dubbing: Seal Highlander Green (in front of the wing)
Wing: 3 colors of green templedog, Silver & Green Krystal Flash, Peacock
Sides: JC
Cone: FutureFly
A fun one to create: just get all the green I have and put it together on a fly. The optimal would be to have a green JC for the sides as well, but you can only have so many necks…
Pale Yellow Balloon Caddis
Following up from the other day I tied up a batch of pale yellow (Hare-Tron Pale Yellow dubbing for body) balloon caddis. I also tried with black/red foam on a couple of them to see how that came out.
I added a bit of white CDC on top of the wing to add a bit of extra life to the fly:
The pale yellow without CDC:
Balloon Caddis
Hook: Dai-Riki 305 #12
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Black
Body: Hareline Hare’s Ear Chocolate Dubbin
Wing: Hareline Premium Deer, Yellow/Brown foam
Today was balloon caddis time: 10 flies in size #12 with different foam colors. Will continue on the row with the same in size #18 and then tie up some with green body, then white body with white wing.
Comet Variations
Single hook: Dai-Riki 899 #1/0
Double hook: Kamasan B280 #6
Tag: Lagartun French Tinsel
Tail: Golden Pheasant
Body: Red/Black UNI Floss, Lagartun French Tinsel
Wing: Yellow & Red Templedog, Yellow Flash, Black Templedog, Silver Flash
Sides: JC
As I’ve noted before: I try to tie up a pattern in different colors, or, as in this case: different types to see how they come together. Today it was a repetition of the comet from the other day. I really like this pattern and the double will see some smaller variants down to #12 for trout.
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