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Swollen Rivers can wash these giant morsels right to hungry trout.
Size 6 and 10

i need a sbs tutorial on how you get the transluence in the bodies that you achieve...I just can't seem to get the same sort of results... maybe its the lighting

Nice.
The hook looks like the old Mustad 37160
Latex?

RickA wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2020 9:50 am Nice.
The hook looks like the old Mustad 37160
Latex?

Good eye Rick. Yes, it is the 37160. It is still being sold. I use it for my Pigstickers as well.

ronr wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2020 9:27 am i need a sbs tutorial on how you get the transluence in the bodies that you achieve...I just can't seem to get the same sort of results... maybe its the lighting

I think a lot of it is in choice of materials. When Wayne posted his bug gut caddis I ordered some of the material to tie a few. There were two types and I bought them both. The Kyley's Nymph Skins Latex is very opaque, even when stretched fairly thin, Great in some applications where I don't want the underbody to show. The Kyley's Nymph Skins Translucent Bug Gut is exactly that, very translucent, almost too much so in some cases. With a coat of Solarez or other coating it really allows the underbody to show up and gives a nice halo around it.

I couldn't have answered that better Ron. The underbody color with the Bug Gut is important. Try White.

Wayne - These are outstanding. Hyper realistic larva patterns. You are really nailing the coloration and general profiles on these imitations. Kudos.

PS - I second the tutorial suggestion.