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Spanish style wet fly. I don't speak spanish, so I don't know if the name is killing bugs or a killer bug for catching fish.

Hook: Mustad #14
Thread: black griffith's 14/0
Tag: copper wire
Rib: copper wire
Body: Great feathers "Real Chadwick's" yarn
Hackle: Coq de Leon indio

Here is another spanish style wet for the Mother's Day caddis hatch.

Very nice "plump" Caddis type imitations.
Be interesting to see how the look wet and if the "Real Chadwick's" has a translucence similar to the original.

The yarn does have a nice translucence to it and takes on bit pinkish tone. It is a little darker than I would imagine the Chadwicks is. It is a darker yarn than Veniards sells as the Chadwicks substitute.

I do loves plump fly. Very nice dressings.

Muy bueno, Senior Hat!

Old hat, Howdy;

Did a translator search and found "The Murderous Bug"
as a translation from Latin American Spanish to English.
Looks as it fits the discreption...
hank

I doubled checked the name with our exchange student from Chile. He gave me the thumbs up.

Carl,
I'm not familiar with the Spanish wet flies. Is the hackle wrapped or is it barbs tied around the shank and splayed back?
That grubb-y looking body and the hackle together just look deadly. I may have to try one in white and dun for big bream.

Kirk

Hey Kirk,

The hackle is stacked and tied in as a bunch like you would handle hair on a muddler spinning it around the shank.

I cut the fibers from the feather stem, even the tips up in a stacker, then distribute them around the hook as I tie them in with the hackle points over the eye. I do this first off. Then I go on to create the body of the fly. Using a half hitch tool, I push (fold) the hackle back over themselves and tie them in as you see in the pictures.