	MAX'S COTTON CANDY Courtesy of Max AKA FlashBackMax COTTON CANDY To me, the cotton candy just looks like a quintessential Alaska fly patterns. It defiantly qualifies in the same class as the woolly bugger in that it really doesn’t look like anything in particular. However it does vaguely look like any number of things that a fish would take; flesh, a cluster of eggs, or who knows what else. That characteristic clearly bolsters it’s effectiveness. Tie it in a number of sizes to make sure you have what the fish want. TYING THE COTTON CANDY Materials List Hook: Standard Streamer Hook sizes 10-2 Thread: Pink or tan 6/0 Tail: Egg yarn Body: Pink Chenille Rib: Pearlescent flashabou Wing: Egg yarn Step 1 - Insert the hook into the vice and coat with thread. Step 2 - Select a piece of egg yarn and depending on the size of the fly you’re tying you may want to halve the yarn to save space. Also to avoid a big bump near the rear of the hook, tie in the yarn near the eye and wrap the thread back over it. This ensures an even body size all the way up and secures very well. Step 3 - Tie in the flashabou. You can ommit this step and not have a rib. However I think it just jazzes it up a little. Also strip off the fuzz on the chenille till you get to the underlying thread base and tie it in. This also saves the body from being uneven. Step 4 - Wrap the chenille forward but leave more room than you think you need. You’re going to be tying in a good sized hunk of egg yarn and you’ll need the space Step 5 - Counter-wrap the rib up and tie it off. Step 6 - Select another piece of egg yarn and divide it if you need to. Just hold the yarn up over the fly and you can judge just how much you need. After you’ve selected the amount of yarn tie in the yarn. When you get it tied in, hold the yarn over the back and measure it against the tail. Trim off the wing so both pieces of yarn are equal in length. Step 7 - Tie off the fly and you’re done. Courtesy of Max AKA FlashBackMax

MAX'S COTTON CANDY

Courtesy of Max

AKA

FlashBackMax

COTTON CANDY

To me, the cotton candy just looks like a quintessential Alaska fly patterns. It defiantly qualifies in the same class as the woolly bugger in that it really doesn’t look like anything in particular. However it does vaguely look like any number of things that a fish would take; flesh, a cluster of eggs, or who knows what else. That characteristic clearly bolsters it’s effectiveness. Tie it in a number of sizes to make sure you have what the fish want.

TYING THE COTTON CANDY

Materials List

Hook: Standard Streamer Hook sizes 10-2

Thread: Pink or tan 6/0

Tail: Egg yarn

Body: Pink Chenille

Rib: Pearlescent flashabou

Wing: Egg yarn

Step 1 - Insert the hook into the vice and coat with thread.

Step 2 - Select a piece of egg yarn and depending on the size of the fly you’re tying you may want to halve the yarn to save space. Also to avoid a big bump near the rear of the hook, tie in the yarn near the eye and wrap the thread back over it. This ensures an even body size all the way up and secures very well.

Step 3 - Tie in the flashabou. You can ommit this step and not have a rib. However I think it just jazzes it up a little. Also strip off the fuzz on the chenille till you get to the underlying thread base and tie it in. This also saves the body from being uneven.

Step 4 - Wrap the chenille forward but leave more room than you think you need. You’re going to be tying in a good sized hunk of egg yarn and you’ll need the space

Step 5 - Counter-wrap the rib up and tie it off.

Step 6 - Select another piece of egg yarn and divide it if you need to. Just hold the yarn up over the fly and you can judge just how much you need. After you’ve selected the amount of yarn tie in the yarn. When you get it tied in, hold the yarn over the back and measure it against the tail. Trim off the wing so both pieces of yarn are equal in length.

Step 7 - Tie off the fly and you’re done.