SBPatt 0 Report post Posted May 15, 2017 A fly for the little blue lines from LeRoy Cook. Unsure of where the name came from; must be a good story. hook Dai Riki 300 #10 thread - Danville 6/0 black tail variegated moose body abdomen Danville flat wax brown rear hackle - grizzly thorax - dubbing tan wing - teal flank front hackle - ginger (oversize by 1) mash barb, start thread a little past 1/2 mark, wrap to point above barb clean, stack, measure (shank length) some moose body fibers; tie in/trim, create abdomen start black thread, trim brown, tie in hackle; wrap, tie off/trim dub thread/dub thorax measure (tips to bend) some teal flank fibers; tie in/trim tie in front hackle wrap hackle, tie off/trim, half hitch x 2, SHHAN Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GC59 0 Report post Posted May 15, 2017 Very nice, Thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fisherboy0301 0 Report post Posted May 15, 2017 Why not tie the whole fly with brown thread instead of using two different colors? Isn't that a tad wasteful? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBPatt 0 Report post Posted May 15, 2017 Why not tie the whole fly with brown thread instead of using two different colors? Isn't that a tad wasteful?Please show me where the waste is. Danville flat wax is pretty wide thread; while it works okay for the body, it'd be a bit bulky for the rest of the fly. Using Danville 6/0 for the entire fly wouldn't achieve the somewhat glossy effect I wanted for on the abdomen (original pattern called for brown floss, of which I have none; flat wax provided an acceptable sub) - it would also have taken a lot more wraps of the thinner thread to achieve the shape/size I was looking for; that would have been wasteful. Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites