I've been tying while watching the NFL and then the curling events. Would have been curling but it was shut down.
Got so many chironomids ready to go that I ran out of fly boxes!
Observed something interesting on the weekend at the vise, tying up some Dragon Lake* chironomids with wood duck thread (sort of a yellowy beige?) for the body. Without a white thread underbody, the colour changed (lost the bright yellow tinge) when UV resin or Sally Hansen polish was applied. Same thing happened when using olive floss in another pattern.
*In retrospect should have followed the recipe shown in a U-Tube presentation where the tier used white Uni-Stretch for the gills and underbody. Wonder if the trout will notice or maybe they'll be too occupied checking the wire wraps.
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