Paul's slayer request

[dtayl13]

The main reason for aplying some velcro to the body was because I only have genetic dry fly grizzly hackle and it was looking way to neat. I understand what you are saying.

Apart from it looking too bulky for a caddis pupa the extra bugginess will hinder the sink rate quite a bit so I'm going to have to find another way to mess up the hackle a little bit. Thanks for all the sugestions.

[smallstreams.co.za]

The main reason for aplying some velcro to the body was because I only have genetic dry fly grizzly hackle and it was looking way to neat. I understand what you are saying.

Apart from it looking too bulky for a caddis pupa the extra bugginess will hinder the sink rate quite a bit so I'm going to have to find another way to mess up the hackle a little bit. Thanks for all the sugestions.

Hackle, in a Paul's Slayer?? Run that bit by me again.

[dtayl13]

wernerm suggested I add hackle. No one seems to have the same idea of how it should look so please post a photo. I really would appreciate it. The latest:
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The body is actually greyer than in the photo. It's just the light.

[smallstreams.co.za]

David, it's essentially a mustard caddis with some flash strands behind the bead. I saw one tied by Paul Boyers when the pattern 1st became a talked-about fly quite a while ago, and that is what it looked like to me.

[dtayl13]

I tried mixing some hackle fibres in with the dubbing. It seems to look ok.
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[dtayl13]

David, it's essentially a mustard caddis with some flash strands behind the bead. I saw one tied by Paul Boyers when the pattern 1st became a talked-about fly quite a while ago, and that is what it looked like to me.

Thanks. I'll try that.

[smallstreams.co.za]

Sorry, not mustard - tan coloured dubbing

[dtayl13]

Kind of like this but with tan dubbing rather than yellow chenille?
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[wernerm]

Rather go with what Mario say, I haven't actually seen this fly in real life. Went on what i saw in Rory's photo.

[smallstreams.co.za]

Kind of like this but with tan dubbing rather than yellow chenille?
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Yeah, lot better - still too much of a uniform profile. With dubbing you'll get it right though, pretty sure of that. Use as little dubbing as possible when noodling, rather wrap a lot of turns - this will ensure a nice compact fly.