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Terrestrial12
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Trueblood

Post by Terrestrial12 » Wed Jun 01, 2022 4:04 pm

Saw a photo on here of a nymph called the Elmo and it reminded me of a really effective fly for me by Ted Trueblood called the Trueblood caddis. As the original caddis I hide a small strip of lead wire in the underbody and tie it in a weird greenish/yellowish color as pictured. I also tie it weightless in pale pink and yellow for sulphur emergers and it does well. Very easy bug to fill a box with!
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Re: Trueblood

Post by chugbug » Wed Jun 01, 2022 4:08 pm

Loving your photos
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Re: Trueblood

Post by letumgo » Wed Jun 01, 2022 6:54 pm

Superb… ;)
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Re: Trueblood

Post by Terrestrial12 » Fri Jun 03, 2022 6:06 am

[Thank you guys so much!
Chug- I'm definitely no photographer. All I have is my crappy cell phone camera, not even an iPhone, but I do love playing with fly photos. I hope to upgrade to a real camera one day or at least a clip on macro lens.
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Re: Trueblood

Post by nfrechet » Fri Jun 03, 2022 11:48 am

nice looking fly
Flytiers sure have a way at making things difficult
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Re: Trueblood

Post by nfrechet » Sat Jun 04, 2022 11:42 am

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Flytiers sure have a way at making things difficult
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Re: Trueblood

Post by Terrestrial12 » Mon Jun 06, 2022 9:35 am

That looks awesome. I really need to start putting more work in to hard, glossy wet fly heads. They are really the cherry on top of a good fly.
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Re: Trueblood

Post by Fishnkilts » Mon Jun 06, 2022 9:36 pm

Nice tight looking body. I agree with you on the heads and its something I need to work on as well.

What's the material going along the back? Is it peacock herl?
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Re: Trueblood

Post by DUBBN » Tue Jun 07, 2022 4:54 am

Fishnkilts wrote: Mon Jun 06, 2022 9:36 pm Nice tight looking body. I agree with you on the heads and its something I need to work on as well.

What's the material going along the back? Is it peacock herl?
Its pheasant tail on the last fly posted. Peacock herl on the authors pattern.
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Re: Trueblood

Post by ronr » Tue Jun 07, 2022 11:25 am

T12 love the fly.. what sizes work best for you.
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