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Hook - Size 12
Thread - 14/0 Primrose
Rib - Gold Oval Tinsel
Abdomen - 2 Strands Yellow Embroidery Yarn, waxed, and dubbed w/Olive Hare's Ear Plus on a dubbing block
Thorax - Light Olive Sow-Scud Dubbing
Hackle - Golden Olive Hen Neck I added some thorax in front of the hackle cuz the head was too long.

Nice.
I have a lot of the same yarn in among the collection of "stuff" that is my tying bench/desk, great stuff to lend a bit of bulk to a body.

Like the way you think with the head "improvements".

A good 'toothy' yarn is excellent for emergers. The air bubbles seem to pop. Beautiful flies and full body. I've got a lot to learn.

Wondering... could you add a length of the floss, as a material.... then wax / touch dub... then rap as a body material to taper body!? doing so without the use of a dubbing block....
Just a thought.
FliTrap

Rodger - your photo made me realize the DMC material is a perfect substitute for buttonhole thread. This stuff comes in a rainbow of colors. I think our friend Mark uses this same material on his Little Dorethia pattern (kind of a creamy orange, if I remember correctly).

Beautiful fly...

Your retirement is certainly benefitting all of us, Rodger ... you keep coming up with new (to me, anyhow) and wonderful stuff several times a week now. This one should be a real winner when there are sulphurs and/or PMDs around.

Rodger, this is a very nice pattern. It reminds me of the comparadun taper and the darkened cotton and dubbing should make a compelling body. I actually meant to tie a few patterns with more of a dubbed head...birdsnest style. There's a lot of great things going on here.

Dimensionally, the cotton could sub for button hole, but the silk does add...the things silk adds.

Thus is especially nice. Thanks for sharing.

W

Nice, that would be one very useful flie