[FishyboY]

Was working on this pattern last night with silliskin and a foam underbody. not happy with the underbody at all you can see where the threadwraps were underneath the silliskin.... need to use the sticky back foam next time..... but it will work!
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[riffleriversteelheadslayer]

looks fishy to me I like it

[David Legg]

I am not sure you need to hide those thread wraps. It gives the fly an interesting structural appearance, almost like the tranlucent view of the internal organs of a small baitfish. It looks better to me in this case than a perfectly smooth fly, which would look a lot less organic, in my opinion.

[Denis Lamy]

Like I said often to my son, most of the time, it's the ugly fly that catch the fish. So let's have a test between this not so good, in your humble opinion, fly and a better one by you. I offer myself to do these test in waters around here, so please send a dozen of these for experimental trials.

Sorry, I couldn't resist. Nice concept, I might taper the back part to meet the tail and form a more natural line. I'm not sure about the thread wrap, sure gives it some character. The hinge will create turbulence and noise in the water, wich is not a bad thing.

Thanks for sharing.

[FishyboY]

i tried it yesterday with some sticky back foam to secure it and i hated it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it was the worst it would not even stick and then i put glue under it and it still would not stick and it would just slide of the hook......... so i think i am liking this design more!