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Different hook, body tubing, inserted ribbing, bead color, and hackle, and hackle orientation ...

Bead Caddis Pupa Tenkara Style
Hook: Daiichi 1760, #12
Threads: Underbody - Sulky Sliver Metallic #8001, silver; Head - chartreuse 6/0 synthetic
Abdomen: Olive midge tubing with green Krystal Flash inserted
Transition cuff: Peacock eyestick herl dyed dark olive
Bead: Toho 6/0 "E", dark green w/silver core
Hackle: Chartruese strung saddle
Head: Chartruese synthetic thread

DAMN...........Bill, Misa is gonna FLIP!!!!! THAT is RADICKALUS!!!!! WOW!!!!!!! OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!! WAY TO COOL!!!!!!!!! OUTTA THIS WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

btw, did i send you that bead????? Did i ever send you beads? if not, i will.....

Thanks, Mark. You did send me beads, but not that one or the one from the other day. I was looking for something else at a Michael's store and ended up buying small tubes of these two. And I thought the cover of Misa's book would be an appropriate backdrop for the photo .

One beautiful fly was the herl your last material & tying step?

Oh my! So sparse but yet, or maybe because it, it displays movement!

Sure you didn't put on the hackle fibers one by one with superglue?

Lacking tying inspiration at the moment, this helps!

Have a nice weekend.
Martin

Very cool--I know the "show" with this pattern is up toward the eye, but to be honest the thing that's really interesting to me is that really subtle gradation of color y'all are getting on the first couple of wraps of tubing down by the barb. A killer to be sure.

OK cool.....now i remember you used a couple of the beads i sent on a fly or two you posted at my site.....

yeah Misa is gonna love it.....but i was thinkin' more bout your fly than the backdrop when i said, "she'd flip!"

Roadkill wrote:One beautiful fly was the herl your last material & tying step?

Yes. After I wrapped the body tubing up to the thorax area and tied it off, I pushed the bead far enough forward so I could put some superglue on the hook shank. Then I moved the bead back to a position that resulted in the desired hackle angle. After the glue had dried, locking the bead in place, I tied in the herl, wrapped it, and whip finished behind the bead.

t2f, Howdy;

Bill, your mind truly travels in a beautiful world of it's own.....
Thanks for shareing some of the contents...
Like getting a sneak peek at Christmas.

hank

Man, that is a beautifully tied fly. Well done.