Help me pick a wing material.

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I am tying a dry caddis pattern to match an insect I recently saw on a local body of water and want to tie something other than just an EHC in a different color combo (although I am doing that too :smiley: ).

I wanna try a tent type wing and am trying to find a material that is a kind of translucent cream color and won’t be too bulky on a #14-16 hook.

Any ideas?

2

Do you have any cream colored hen hackle? Spray one with art fixative and cut a wing out of it and tie in.

3

The most recent issue of Flyfisherman magazine has a “Web wing Caddis” by John Barr that might be just the thing you are looking for, check it out :!:

4

I don’t know what you want to imitate but you might try a loop wing with either CDC or Zlon. Both would help it float and not be too bulky.

5

Perfect! http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox … arentID=99

Gonna get some of the web wing and try it. Thanks everyone!

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This one is easy to tie and has been famous in Europe for many years, much more so than here. It works.
http://www.flytyingworld.com/PagesK/kb-rackelhanen.htm
Joe