Body Weave Soft Hackle Dun

[tie2fish]

The photo is slightly rotated to better show the top of the woven body. The bottom side is basically white/beige.

Hook: 2XL dry fly hook
Thread: Uni-Thread 8/0, camel
Tail: Mallard flank fibers
Abdomen: Single strands of four colors of embroidery floss, woven
Hackle: Furnace hen saddle
Thorax: Hare's mask twist dubbed

[letumgo]

Love it! Beautiful segmentation and profile. You make it look easy, but the best always do...

[Mataura mayfly]

I cannot handle a two thread weave and make it look right!
That is one neat looking body and a fine looking fly.

[William Anderson]

Bill, everything about this fly looks deadly. I really admire the skills involved to make these bodies, but if I packed a few in my box, they would certainly be the first to find a limb and I would probably not conduct myself very well. Better to fish these without an audience. =)

Gorgeous fly. Your skills are amazing.

[Ron Eagle Elk]

I love everything about this fly, especially that woven body. My skill envy index just went up several points. W.A., I agree, if I lost a fly like that I would not act well at all.

[tie2fish]

I cannot handle a two thread weave and make it look right!
That is one neat looking body and a fine looking fly.

This is not as complicated as I guess it sounded ... it's really a two-strand weave, with a white and beige pair woven with a black and a gold pair.

[gig]

Looks great and I bet its an effective fish catcher

[letumgo]

William - Your comment ("first to find a limb and I would probably not conduct myself very well") reminds me of one of my trips to the stream a couple springs ago. I tyed up a grasshopper pattern, which I wanted to take to the stream for "testing". I was proud of this little fly, having spent extra time getting the fly "just so". I took a trip to my favorite spot, in hopes of catching a few smallmouth bass. I took my time tying on a new leader, complete with open loop Duncan knot, to give the fly added movement on the drift. Stripped off enough line for a decent drift and proceeded to false-cast the line to get the fly out over some nice holding water. Unfortunately, I had failed to check my backcast. Wouldn't you know it, I snagged the fly, in the branches of a tree, before it ever hit the water, breaking it off in the process. I immediately started swearing like a sailor (#$@ %^ %@# #$@# %%#%%^ **&!!!).

I can laugh now, but at the time I was not a happy camper.

Bill - Sorry to highjack your post. I would hate to loose this fly too.

[hankaye]

Ray, Howdy;

REAL sailors say the actual words, they don't use the &*^^%$)^%^&*^&**(_+(%^$$%%^ , stuff,
that for beginners....... , .

hank

[tie2fish]

It would certainly be the rare flyfisher who has never lost a "special" fly to a tree or a snag. It would have to be that person Lefty Kreh talks about who has never, ever stepped on his fly line or created a wind knot in his leader .