Chartreuse Soft Hackle

Fly: Tim Didas, Photograph: Hans Weilenmann

Hook: Any wet fly #10-20
Thread: Danville Flymaster 6/0, flourescent chartreuse
Tag/rib: Pearl Crystal Flash, one strand
Body: Working thread, built up two or three layers on the hook shank (When the body, tag, and rib are secure, coat thin layer of Sally Hansen's "Hard as Nails" or other clear head cement. Allow to dry before continuing.)
Thorax: Hare's ear or other dubbing
Hackle: Softest hen or gamebird. I like furnace or dark grizzly

Notes:


Trout seem to like this pattern, probably taken for an emerging caddis.

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