Glitzy Gold Caddis flymph

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Glitzy Gold Caddis flymph

Post by Roadkill » Tue May 12, 2020 12:38 pm

Hook-Mustad 3906B #8
Thread-UTC 70 Rust Brown
Body- Glitzy Amber Gold Merino Wool with Rainbow Trilobal Nylon Blend
Rib-Red Brassie Ultra Wire
Hackle-Hen Pheasant

ImageIMGP0284 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

This is a picture of the 3 Glitzy Wool blends I made into Dubbing...
ImageIMGP0280 by William Lovelace, on Flickr
Amber Gold, Purple and Yellow. The glint off the trilobal nylon is subtle but more apparent in hand.
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Re: Glitzy Gold Caddis flymph

Post by Johnno » Tue May 12, 2020 2:00 pm

Nice!

It that merino from a ball of wool or is it cut up and blended from a hide?
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Re: Glitzy Gold Caddis flymph

Post by letumgo » Tue May 12, 2020 4:11 pm

October Caddis! Very nice!
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Re: Glitzy Gold Caddis flymph

Post by Ron Eagle Elk » Tue May 12, 2020 4:42 pm

I agree with Ray. On that size 8 hook, October Caddis all the way. There's a river in central Idaho, last week in September, that fly would be worth it's weight in glitzy gold.
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Re: Glitzy Gold Caddis flymph

Post by Roadkill » Tue May 12, 2020 6:01 pm

Johnno,

Here is the original blended wool and nylon skein before cutting the yarn into pieces about 1/2 inch long and fluffing it into dubbing in a coffee mill.
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Re: Glitzy Gold Caddis flymph

Post by Roadkill » Tue May 12, 2020 6:05 pm

Ray and Ron,

As an October Caddis it can be fished any time of the year on the Metolius here in Oregon. ;)
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Re: Glitzy Gold Caddis flymph

Post by ronr » Tue May 12, 2020 7:04 pm

Those April / October caddis were quite evident on the upper stretches of the Met last time I walked it. Cant wait until that stretch opens on the 22nd....I've captured a couple nice specimens for my growing bug collection..
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