Hen and Bug Yarn Soft-Hackles

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Hen and Bug Yarn Soft-Hackles

Post by William Anderson » Sun Jul 08, 2012 2:09 pm

I received a bit of the TenkaraBum Utah Killer Bug Yarn and the Nymph Yarn from Ray, which I believe originated with Chris Stewart (thanks to both of you gents) and finally put together a couple sets. I'm wishing now that I had taken pics of these wet because the bodies really give that milky, blended lifelike appearance.

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For the Brown and Gray bodies I took the two strands making up the Nymph Yarn apart and wrapped them in separately.

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looks a lot like the llama bodies I tied some time ago. http://www.flymphforum.com/viewtopic.ph ... ilit=llama

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The first fly is tied using a dun Indian Hen neck which has that nice gamey webbing mentioned by Mark L and the last two are tied with an odd neck that I would do well to just call Brown Speckled Variant. It's got potential, similar to a CdL cape with the glassy appearance and color shifts. You can see from the third fly that the hackles could use a little more webbing or a few more turns. They look better than they photograph, but I prefer the webbier hackles .

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This whole thing might have been better in the "quality of capes" thread.

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Re: Hen and Bug Yarn Soft-Hackles

Post by DUBBN » Sun Jul 08, 2012 2:23 pm

Excellent use and blend of materials. I hope you get the chance to fish these soon. I would love to hear a report.
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Re: Hen and Bug Yarn Soft-Hackles

Post by letumgo » Sun Jul 08, 2012 2:56 pm

Excellent post! I love the flies William. These will all catch fish, guaranteed.

What cool hackle. I have not seen anything like that before. Neat.
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Re: Hen and Bug Yarn Soft-Hackles

Post by tie2fish » Sun Jul 08, 2012 4:29 pm

I love what happens when you play around like that, w.
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Re: Hen and Bug Yarn Soft-Hackles

Post by Smuggler » Sun Jul 08, 2012 5:37 pm

Wow what a great material that is (the yarn). Where would one buy that at?
Great use of materials too, very nice cape you have there.
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Re: Hen and Bug Yarn Soft-Hackles

Post by DUBBN » Sun Jul 08, 2012 9:27 pm

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Re: Hen and Bug Yarn Soft-Hackles

Post by William Anderson » Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:11 pm

:D :lol: :lol: :lol: that is hilarious.

OK, so what the hell is this chicken? I've never seen one before either.
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Re: Hen and Bug Yarn Soft-Hackles

Post by hankaye » Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:19 pm

DUBBIN, Howdy;

OUTSTANDING !!!!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: Hen and Bug Yarn Soft-Hackles

Post by DUBBN » Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:50 pm

I called it a Spangle, but I dont know the proper name for that color.

William, you may want to call him "Sir".
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Re: Hen and Bug Yarn Soft-Hackles

Post by tie2fish » Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:16 am

You guys make me laugh :lol: .
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