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Larval Lime
Hook - Mustad R50U / Turned up eye hook / Size (your choice)
Tying Thread (Body) - UNI-Yarn (Olive)
Rib/Thorax - Single strand of Peacock Herl (Natural) - wrapped in open wraps thru the abdomen and touching turns thru to form the thorax
Tying Thread (Head) - UNI-Thread (Black) - tyed on after the body is finished, then the UNI-Yarn is tyed in and clipped off
Hackle - Hungarian Partridge - prepared and tyed in by the tip

Special note on the body taper: To get the body taper, I generously wax the end of the UNI-Yarn (roughly 3") and then mount it roughly where the hook point is. I wrapped the yarn forward to where the thorax will be (rear edge of the thorax), then make tight wraps back over the first layer of yarn. The wax helps the yarn firmly grip the hook shank, preventing twisting of the body. I then wrap back to the hook point and trim off the tag end of the yarn. The forward wraps help build up the mid-section of the fly. At this point I tyed in the strand of peacock herl, while wrapping the yarn back to the bend of the hook. Keep very firm tension in the wraps at the back of the fly, again to enhance the taper of the body. Wrap the yarn forward to the thorax region. As you wrap forward, use slightly less tension, with each progressive wrap, to allow the body to become thicker towards the front of the fly.

This is a very simple way to create tapered bodies. It works equally well with silk, thread or yarn.

Give it a try, I think you will like it!

Ray,

That's a beaut! A couple of questions arise. Is the peacock herl reinforced with thread? I thought I could see where it looked like it was. Secondly, did you polish up the eye of that hook? It is absolutely brilliant, at least on my monitor. A well dressed fly indeed.

Ron - No, the peacock herl has not been reinforced. At this point I was just playing around with the UNI-yarn and wanted to see what the peacock herl rib looked like over the yarn (I like it). Although the peacock herl nestles into the yarn body, I suspect it would still be to delicate without some sort of reinforcement. I think I could use a strand of olive tying thread so it did not show up to much in the dressing. Another option may be a piece of fine strand of clear monofilament.

And no, the hook eye is not polished. Just the way it came out of the package.

I just noticed that this fly looks very similar to the one shown at the bottom of the Flymph Forum logo. I wonder if that is where the seed of inspiration came from.

Ray, Howdy;

Your wraps go ///,
The ones on the logo go \\\ .

Reckon ya had to go the other way to not bust a copyright do-thingy...

hank

Oh yeah! What I said in the other post goes double here.

Ray, the extra contrast and action could be good. Honestly, I could have picked this fly out of a dozen as a Letumgo fly. It has your signature level of detail, if that makes sense. Great pic too. It's just the right background for this.

Ray,

Similar to the Trueblood Caddis...a fly you don't see/hear about too much anymore.

Very nice pattern.

Well done, as always, Ray!

Tim

This is really a great pattern. Very attractive but still buggy. Reinforce that peacock herl and it should do well for you.