Small Grey Caddis (shrink wrap French Partridge grey caddis)
Daiichi 1130, size 18
Thread: 8/0
Rib:Krystal Flash
Abdomen:Polypropylene dry fly dubbing
Wing:Soft feather of appropriate colour,
here a grey-blue French partridge,cemented
to a single layer of pre-shrunk window
insulation film.
Hackle:Rooster dry quality
Thorax:Polypropylene dry dubbing
... The window insulation shrink film is first
shrunk with a hair dryer.Selected feather is then
coated thinly with a vinyl cement and pressed
down onto the film.Once dry the wing is cut to
shape.The shrink film used here is lighter than
water and adds a reflective sheen to the under
side of the wing.
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