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by Old Hat » Thu Mar 14, 2013 4:21 pm
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
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by Old Hat » Thu Mar 14, 2013 4:33 pm
Here is another spanish style wet for the Mother's Day caddis hatch.
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by Mataura mayfly » Thu Mar 14, 2013 6:31 pm
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.
"Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout".... Irish proverb.
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by Old Hat » Thu Mar 14, 2013 7:32 pm
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.
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by letumgo » Thu Mar 14, 2013 8:02 pm
I do loves plump fly. Very nice dressings.
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by William Anderson » Thu Mar 14, 2013 8:22 pm
Muy bueno, Senior Hat!
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by hankaye » Thu Mar 14, 2013 10:09 pm
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
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by Old Hat » Thu Mar 14, 2013 10:27 pm
I doubled checked the name with our exchange student from Chile. He gave me the thumbs up.
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by crazy4oldcars » Fri Mar 15, 2013 12:13 pm
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.
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by Old Hat » Fri Mar 15, 2013 4:36 pm
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.
