Building a soft yarn nymph body?

[Roadkill]

Lance,

Having been a long time fan of both Brooks' and Polly's nymphs and writings, my long time approach to building a soft yarn body is to turn the yarn into blended to match dubbing applied in a loop. In no way do I see a fly like this with a soft hackle in the round (thorax or otherwise) as not a flymph.

[Kelly L.]

Lance, I liked the fly a lot. Very cool. I didn't see who tied it, I scrolled on down to the photo. I thought, that sure looks like something Lance would tie. I scrolled back up, and sure enough, it was you. Great comments to the thread too. I use dental floss to sometimes shape a streamer body. It does work nicely, even the cheap stuff. I always use white, unscented though.

[Mike Connor]

Indeed, I avoid the scented stuff altogether, although I have heard from a few that some scented stuff works better. You have to be careful anyway as scented flies are illegal in many places.

[Kelly L.]

Maybe if it is the color you need, just use a permanent magic marker, and color the outside of the floss, before going over it with another material. I don't think most scented flosses are that strong. But the only reason I wouldn't use it, is because I would think it might repel, rather than attract fish. I know insects for the most part stay away from mint. I don't know about cinnamon.