Scintilla Caddis Pupa

[Cold]

why do you cover up the tinsel with thread?

2 reasons:

1) keep the fish teeth away from the mylar

2) gotta get the thread back to the bend somehow, and its easier than whip finishing, trimming, and restarting the thread.

Note that with a thread like uni this wont work unless you made wide, open wraps. With the UTC 70 I was using, though, the individual strands lay flat on the mylar, allowing the shine to come through, but muting it somewhat so it doesn't look like a robot caddis.