Starling Caddis Soft Hackle

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Starling Caddis Soft Hackle

Post by Roadkill » Tue Apr 25, 2023 11:09 am

Thinking of Mother's Day...

Hook-Wholesale Fly Company M11 #14
Thread-UTC 70 Fl Chartreuse
Body- Clear .4mm Stretchy Powercord
Hackle-Starling
Bead-3/32 Black Brass

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Re: Starling Caddis Soft Hackle

Post by letumgo » Tue Apr 25, 2023 12:20 pm

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Re: Starling Caddis Soft Hackle

Post by DUBBN » Tue Apr 25, 2023 12:21 pm

Gorgeous!!
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Re: Starling Caddis Soft Hackle

Post by FlyFisherMann1955 » Tue Apr 25, 2023 4:59 pm

Oh boy--so cleanly executed!

A few questions:

Did you wrap the hackle forward and tie it down behind the bead or wrap it backwards and tie it down behind the hackle? Either way, there is no trace of your thread.

Is there a wrap of the clear Powercord over bare hook at the very back of the fly to create that "hotspot" or is that just an optical illusion?

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Re: Starling Caddis Soft Hackle

Post by Roadkill » Tue Apr 25, 2023 5:42 pm

FlyFisherMann1955 wrote: Tue Apr 25, 2023 4:59 pm Did you wrap the hackle forward and tie it down behind the bead or wrap it backwards and tie it down behind the hackle? Either way, there is no trace of your thread.

Is there a wrap of the clear Powercord over bare hook at the very back of the fly to create that "hotspot" or is that just an optical illusion?

Thanks- Ken
I wrapped the hackle forward and tied it down behind the bead and did a whip finish.

There is a wrap of Powercord over the bare hook to start the wraps over the back, the hotspot is an illusion created by light coming from the Powercord over the tying thread. ;)
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Re: Starling Caddis Soft Hackle

Post by ronr » Wed Apr 26, 2023 9:02 am

Bill will that chart. body look green when wet?
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Re: Starling Caddis Soft Hackle

Post by Roadkill » Wed Apr 26, 2023 9:16 am

Looks Chartreuse to the naked eye all the time except to my camera under my photo studio LED light. ;) Water and daylight keep it a nice MDC green. :D
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