#40 Soft Hackle, Stinger
Notes:
(1) Motivation for this style of fly comes from one of my many trips to Japan. It combines a wee bit of Tenkara and ancient Japanese flies tied with eel skin, silk and a glass bead.
(2) I have swapped the silk for UTC 70 thread; which, if wound flat will give the body a "silk-like" body.
(3) A bead is placed on the hook and allowed to rest at the bend. Thread is wound flat from the eye to the desire area. A small hump of thread is built at the rear. The bead should be slide onto the hump with some effort. Slide the bead back down the hook and apply a drop of super glue to the hump. Place bead onto the hump and allow to dry.
(3) A bead is placed on the hook and allowed to rest at the bend. Thread is wound flat from the eye to the desire area. A small hump of thread is built at the rear. The bead should be slide onto the hump with some effort. Slide the bead back down the hook and apply a drop of super glue to the hump. Place bead onto the hump and allow to dry.
(4) The fly is finished utilizing traditional procedures/steps.
(5) Traditional soft hackle methods are fished with this pattern.
(5) Traditional soft hackle methods are fished with this pattern.
Materials:
Hook: Firehole Sticks, Firehole 316, size 10-18 (Size 10 pictured)
Bead: 11/0 Tohu glass. (Transparent chartreuse pictured)
Bead: 11/0 Tohu glass. (Transparent chartreuse pictured)
Thread: UTC 70 color to match body (Woodduck pictured). Bright colored threads/silks are common.
Ribbing: Gold Lagartun, small oval or small gold wire doubled and twisted Wound over hare's ear only.
Rear Body: Hare's ear taken directly from the ears. Mixed with a minute amount of Sybai Fine Flash, UV. Rear body is approximately 1/4 of total body length.
Body: UTC 70, Woodduck. Body should be as flat and thin as possible.
Body: UTC 70, Woodduck. Body should be as flat and thin as possible.
Hackle: Mottled hen, light brown
I've opened the mottled hen legs in order to view the body.
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