Cole's U-Con 2 Caddis SBS

[ScottP]

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






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








tie in sparkle yarn




dub abdomen

[ScottP]

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




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






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




half hitch x 2, SHHAN



semi-ventral




Regards,
Scott

[planettrout]

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

PT/TB