Orange Caped Witch

[Soft-hackle]

Orange Caped Witch

Hook: Grip 14703 # 12 (also Daiichi 1150)
Thread: Orange 8/0 Uni-thread
Hackle: Brown speckled hen
Thorax: Orange Silk Buttonhole twist, twisted and wrapped (No tying thread beneath)
Rib: The same piece of Buttonhole twist as the body
Thorax: Red and Yellow cottontail rabbit tail, guard hair left in, dubbed long and cross-wise of the yellow 8/0 Uni-thread, done Leisenring fashion, As the thorax is wrapped, the fur is wet slightly and stroked back with each turn.

Mark

[Old Hat]

On a roll! Two thumbs way up.

[letumgo]

Mark - When you twist the button-hole thread, do you use your fingers or hackle pliers?

Lovely fly by the way. Those Grip hooks are very appealing.

[Soft-hackle]

Hi Ray,
Well, I use my gloves for handling the thread, My hands are dry and they'd just fray the silk. I then grasp it with a qwik clip and twist it. Then I wrap and if need be, twist some more as I go along. Using the clip helps minimize the handling and twists the thread pretty well.

Nick has the Daiichi equivalent at the shop. They are 1150. There's lots of implied action to them. Really nice.

Mark

[letumgo]

Thanks for the heads-up Mark. I'll look for those Daiichi's the next time I am at Nick's shop.

[willowhead]

Extremely well done.

i've got the Daiichi 1150's, but only in size 8 and 10........gonna have to do something bout that.

[Soft-hackle]

Mark,
In those sizes, I have no doubt this pattern would take some larger fish-maybe steelies.

Mark

[willowhead]

i can't see why it wouldn't.....looks just like something (in color and elsewise), that they would be PISSED at just long enough for you to get a good hook up. Prolly be a great pattern for slightly stained water, round, or just before sun-down.