Cole's U-Con 2 Caddis SBS

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Howard Cole's thinly veiled take on LaFontaine's Sparkle Pupa - a Bubble Boy in a shuck.


hook - Dai Riki 320 #16
thread - Uni 8/0 olive dun
shuck - Congo Hair amber
overbody - Sparkle Yarn olive
abdomen - dubbing olive
thorax - glass bead
wing - deer hair


Part 1

Mash down barb, slide on bead; start thread at 60% mark

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tie in shuck; fold, wrap back to bend and trim

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tie in sparkle yarn

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dub abdomen

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Part 2

push bead back against abdomen, take a thread wrap over/in front of bead; pull sparkle yarn forward over/around the top half

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push it back slightly to create a bulge; tie off in front of bead and trim

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clean, stack, measure (tips extend to bend) a clump of deer hair; trim to length and tie in

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half hitch x 2, SHHAN

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semi-ventral

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Regards,
Scott

THAT...is a good pattern Scott...I have them in in #14-#16 in five different colors...

PT/TB :tieone: