Pearsall's Silk and Soft-Hackle Spiders

Good morning. Over the last few weeks I've purchased several new colors of Pearsall's Silk threads. These threads have been around for a while but they are new to me. So I kind of put the various colors along with several different hackles to create some fish catchers. The silk thread body is very much an eye catcher, especially when wet. When you add a whisp of dubbing either for the body or thorax you also add that subtle translucent movement that will at times be a key factor in getting fish to strike. Below are a few flies tied with the new thread.

The silk thread colors are, Chestnut, Salmonberry, Olive and Claret.

"Chestnut and Starling"...chestnut silk thread body, very sparse squirrel dubbing, and bleached starling hackle.

"Salmonberry and Partridge"...body salmonberry silk thread, sparse squirrel dubbed thorax and partridge hackle.

"Salmonberry and Starling"....body salmonberry silk thread, and black starling hackle.

"Salmonberry and Light Starling"....body salmonberry silk thread, starling undercovert hackle.

"Olive and Partridge"...body olive silk, sparse olive squirrel dubbed thorax, partridge hackle.

"Claret and Partridge"....body claret silk, sparse rusty squirrel dubbed thorax, partridge back feather hackle.

Olive and Partridge"...body olive silk thread, thickly dubbed black squirrel thorax, partridge hackle.

"Olive and Starling"...body olive silk thread, thickly dubbed black squirrel thorax, starling hackle. 

The last two flies are good representations of caddis larva.