Overall length: 1-3/4" inch
Hook: #6 standard length hook
Body: brown-dyed mattress foam, slit at the front end
Tails and legs: brown mottled rubberlegs
Weight: wrapped, soaked with CA and squashed-with-pliers-lead
Fuzz: yellow dubbing glued to the flattened lead wraps
Thread: flat brown nylon
We can imitate visual appearance, wiggling or animated action in the water, texture and smell. Most flies target appearance only. Action is tough, but sometimes possible. Smell is generally considered bad practice. Texture is a largely new frontier. Texture matters. Fish bite fat soft flies and hang on and chew--which does make them a lot easier to catch. ....more about Marshmallows....