Green Hen SBS

[ScottP]

A Crackleback softhackle. Change colors to suit your needs.

hook - Mustad 3399A #12
thread - MFC 8/0 brown
rib - x-small wire gold
abdomen - Uni-stretch chartreuse
back/tohrax - peacock herl
hackle - hen brown

Part 1


Mash down barb, start thread one hook eye width back




prep hackle and tie in




tie in rib and Uni-stretch; wrap back to bend




tie in some peacock




wrap abdomen to 2/3 mark; tie off and trim




pull peacock over the back ; tie down but don't trim




counterwrap rib; tie off and helicopter end

[ScottP]

Part 2

twist peacock around thread and wrap thorax






wrap hackle, tie off, trim, half hitch x 2, SHHAN








Regards,
Scott

[DUB]

I like your technique of tying in your hen feather first. I do the same.

[ScottP]

Can't remember if I picked that up from Hans or Dave Hughes "Wet Flies", but it does make for a smaller, neater head.

Regards,
Scott

[gqualls]

Sweet! Thanks for sharing.

[billhouk]

Flattery Is... Tried It with floss and a 3399. The extra weight may sink It just a bit faster. Hackle Is way over done. Next few will be more sparse. It usually takes me a couple dozen to figure out the nuances. Very nice pattern. Apologies for lousy iPhone photo. Thanks for the great SBS. Yellow background has a better image. Shows more flaws

[dpenrod]

Like it! I mostly fish my cracklebacks wet anyway. Definitely going to give this one a try. Thanks for the excellent SBS as usual.

[ScottP]

Royal Cackle Softhackle variation






Regards,
Scott

[Ed_D]

Ooooooooooh, purdy flies.
Scott, I really like both of those flies. Do you think that the first version might be more durable if you had a single turn of Uni-stretch behind the crackleback stripe of peacock herl to protect it?

Thanks for posting those flies.

Ed

[Lotech]

I really like the looks of that bug. I'll have to tie some.