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Lance,

Having been a long time fan of both Brooks' and Polly's nymphs and writings, my long time approach to building a soft yarn body is to turn the yarn into blended to match dubbing applied in a loop. In no way do I see a fly like this with a soft hackle in the round (thorax or otherwise) as not a flymph.

Lance, I liked the fly a lot. Very cool. I didn't see who tied it, I scrolled on down to the photo. I thought, that sure looks like something Lance would tie. I scrolled back up, and sure enough, it was you. Great comments to the thread too. I use dental floss to sometimes shape a streamer body. It does work nicely, even the cheap stuff. I always use white, unscented though.

Indeed, I avoid the scented stuff altogether, although I have heard from a few that some scented stuff works better. You have to be careful anyway as scented flies are illegal in many places.

Maybe if it is the color you need, just use a permanent magic marker, and color the outside of the floss, before going over it with another material. I don't think most scented flosses are that strong. But the only reason I wouldn't use it, is because I would think it might repel, rather than attract fish. I know insects for the most part stay away from mint. I don't know about cinnamon.