Not sure if there’s a clamoring for an upside down, foam-bodied, hacklestacker spruce moth, but if there ever is, I’m in on the ground floor. May consider the decaf tomorrow.
hook - Dai Riki 280 #12
thread - UTC 140 tan
abdomen - 1mm foam tan
hackle - barred cream
wing - deer hair bleached
Part 1
mash barb, invert hook, start thread
tie in foam, brush on Super Glue, wrap body to bend and return; tie off/trim
tie in thread loop (UTC 140 cream used here); hook onto the gallows
tie in hackle at base, wrap hackle up the loop (thorax width) and back down; tie off at base, trim
Scott,
Thanks for posting all these SBS examples. I am learning a lot!
On this current example, I don’t see where the hackle really serves much purpose. It appears to be almost completely hidden by the deer hair wing. Am I missing something? (would not surprise me if I am…)
Lol.
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I’m really liking all your recent moth patterns, this one also. I’ll have to tie up a few for the September out west trip. Should work great skittered across the surface on a downstream drift.
Like Don said, it splits the wing in two. On the original Splitsville Caddis, the head is dubbed and when the hackle is pulled over/thru, it sorta looks like legs. I could have dubbed a head here, but really liked the flared deer hair butts; unfortunately, the hackle gets lost in them. Something to ponder.
Wasn’t sure how well it would hook a fish. Took it out today and managed to get a small cutt on it; skittered across the surface pretty well.
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