Hends Flash Chenille 5mm is a specialized, sparkling body material used in fly tying to build full, shimmering bodies and collars on both fresh and saltwater patterns.

Benefits of Hends Flash Chenille

• High Visibility and Sparkle: Infused with sparkling, reflective micro-fibres, it mimics the scales of small baitfish, trapped air bubbles, or the glossy sheen of aquatic insects and attractors.
• Quick and Easy Body Building: Because the fibres are twisted around a central core, just a few even wraps quickly form a thick, consistent body without requiring complex dubbing loops.
• Size Versatility: Available in different diameters (such as 3mm and 5mm thicknesses) and vibrant fluorescent or natural colours, allowing tiers to match everything from small Stillwater buzzers to large streamer collars.
• Pulsing Movement: The soft-to-medium length fibres breathe and pulse in the current, giving the fly a lifelike profile when retrieved.

How to Use Hends Flash Chenille in Fly Tying

1. Prepare the Hook: Secure your hook in the vice and lay down a smooth thread base from behind the eye to the bend or tail tying point.
2. Tie In the Chenille: Anchor one end of the Hends Flash Chenille firmly with your tying thread, leaving room near the hook eye for a clean head.
3. Wrap Forward: Wind the chenille forward in close, consistent turns toward the eye of the hook. As you wrap each turn, gently stroke or brush the fibres backward with your fingers so they don’t get trapped flat against the shank.
4. Secure and Finish: Tie off the chenille securely with several tight thread wraps, snip away the excess material, and finish the head with a whip finish and head cement.
5. Brush Out (Optional): Use a small dubbing brush or Velcro tickler to groom and flare the fibres if you want a wider, buggier profile.

Hends Flash Chenille 5mm Yellow Fluo are made of similar materials to classic chenille’s but with an added flash to give them a sparkling.

Use the Chenille for the body section on fresh and saltwater flies.

5mm – 1.3m length

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