Duck Fluff Softhackle SBS

Moderators: William Anderson, letumgo

Post Reply
ScottP
Posts: 426
Joined: Mon Dec 29, 2014 12:02 am

Duck Fluff Softhackle SBS

Post by ScottP » Thu Feb 26, 2015 11:57 am

Image

A generic softhackle, using mallard flank fluff as thorax and head.

hook - Mustad 3399A #12
thread - MFC 8/0 Light Brown
abdomen - opal tinsel medium (colored with tan sharpie)
thorax/head - mallard flank fluff dyed woodduck
hackle - partridge dyed tan

mash barb, start thread 1 eye width back from eye; tie in tinsel (you could tie in the hackle, but it kinda gets in the way when wrapping the tinsel)

Image


wrap tinsel to bend and back

Image


prep partridge; tie in by tip (switched light source setting on camera to get better focus but introduced greenish cast in the process)

Image

Image



trim tips of the fluff on one side of a mallard flank feather; insert in clip and cut away from quill

Image

Image

Image


unwind thread to remove any twist; split with needle, insert clip, trap fluff in thread, release from clip, spin bobbin to create chenille-ish thing

Image

Image

Image

Image


wrap thorax up to hackle (take a temporary wrap past hackle)

Image


wrap hackle, sweeping fibers back

Image


unwind the temporary wrap with the chenille, then complete head, half hitch x 2, SHHAN (switched back to old light source setting)

Image

Image

Image


Regards,
Scott
User avatar
Smuggler
Posts: 1707
Joined: Sat Oct 29, 2011 7:46 pm
Location: Pennsyltucky

Re: Duck Fluff Softhackle SBS

Post by Smuggler » Thu Feb 26, 2015 12:08 pm

Very caddis like. . Man I bet that would be killer for Grannom on Penns. Very nice Scott.

William, tie some of these for me. Pronto.
User avatar
William Anderson
Site Admin
Posts: 4569
Joined: Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:14 pm
Location: Ashburn, VA 20148
Contact:

Re: Duck Fluff Softhackle SBS

Post by William Anderson » Thu Feb 26, 2015 12:37 pm

Smuggler wrote:Very caddis like. . Man I bet that would be killer for Grannom on Penns. Very nice Scott.

William, tie some of these for me. Pronto.
No problem. I think I need to find one of these tan dyed skins. That tone is great.

Scott, another exceptional sbs. I haven't fooled with this fluff method in ages but it's one of those things..it looked great so I tried it but forgot to come back to it. Now I'm in for another round. Thanks again.
"A man should not try to eliminate his complexes, but rather come into accord with them. They are ultimately what directs his conduct in the world." Sigmund Freud.
www.WilliamsFavorite.com
User avatar
letumgo
Site Admin
Posts: 13345
Joined: Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:55 pm
Location: Buffalo, New York
Contact:

Re: Duck Fluff Softhackle SBS

Post by letumgo » Thu Feb 26, 2015 12:58 pm

Another wonderful contribution! Beautiful pattern and SBS.

Bravo Scott. I am delighted to see the detailed tutorials. Great stuff.
Ray (letumgo)----<°))))))><
http://www.flytyingforum.com/index.php? ... er=letumgo

"The world is perfect. Appreciate the details." - Dean
User avatar
chase creek
Posts: 1381
Joined: Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:00 am
Location: Ohio

Re: Duck Fluff Softhackle SBS

Post by chase creek » Thu Feb 26, 2015 4:51 pm

Really like the look of this one. Thanks for the SBS.
"A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and
beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise"
Aldo Leopold
User avatar
crazy4oldcars
Posts: 595
Joined: Fri May 22, 2009 5:26 pm
Location: SE Texas
Contact:

Re: Duck Fluff Softhackle SBS

Post by crazy4oldcars » Thu Feb 26, 2015 9:30 pm

Damn. I mean... Damn.

Kirk
User avatar
hankaye
Posts: 6582
Joined: Tue Jun 08, 2010 4:59 pm
Location: Arrey, N.M. aka 32°52'37.63"N, 107°18'54.18"W

Re: Duck Fluff Softhackle SBS

Post by hankaye » Thu Feb 26, 2015 10:48 pm

ScottP, Howdy;

Wow ya really know how to make an entrance!
These S-B-s's you've been putting up are the cat's whiskers...
Very well done and easy enough for a visual learner such as
myself to figure out and probably replicate, well get kinda
close anyway...
Thanks for taking the time to do these and of course sharing them.

hank
Striving for a less complicated life since 1949...
"Every day I beat my own previous record for number
of consecutive days I've stayed alive." George Carlin
Post Reply