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Green Caddis Larva 1270

Hook: Daiichi 1270 #16
Thread: Griffiths 14/0 black
Hackle: Starling
Body: Tan stretchy tube body material wrapped over dubbing blend: 50% olive and yellow seal blend, 50% olive nymph dubbing blend including hare, antron, flash. (and maybe some other stuff on the station.)
Thorax: same dubbing blend.




w

Very cool.

BTW, have you seen Lucian Vasies' "Catgut Nymph"? It's really an amazing take on the whole caddis larva/pupa thing:
http://flytying.ro/masa_muscarului/hair ... -nymph-526

CreationBear, Howdy;

Reminds me of one of my favorite lines from "The Lion King".

"Yum, crunchy on the outside and gooey in the middle".....

Beautiful fly...

hank

Jon, Lucian is a serious talent. I had seen that pattern a while ago and forgot. Thanks for the link. I believe I've seen that technique as well, although probably not as well executed and what a wonderfully conceived pattern. Just for a day, wouldn't it be nice to be able to put together a pattern like Lucian?

Hank...it's hard to miss with Disney humor in this house.

w

Definitely an elegant take on the chamois caddis idea--one of my friends is an avid tennis player, so I might have to accidentally-on-purpose warp one of his rackets.

That's a great tye, william ... betcha it fishes as well as it looks.

William,
It looks as though if it fell out of the vice, it might wiggle across the table! Very real looking indeed. You do good work!
I am liking the Greenwells in the above post also!
Your pal,
Dougsden

Now that is a nice juicey looking morsel any self respecting trout would be hard pressed to let pass by!
Very nice tie.

A definite dinner bell for trout! Very cool pattern. No subtle segmentation there!
Really likin' that dubbing blend.

William - Tye up a half dozen of these and set them aside...we can test them on steelhead this fall. Better yet, tye them up and mail them to me. You can trust me (NOT!)...

Great fly! I love the hook, too.