This is something that I have been working on for a while. It is called Kumihimo and it is a Japanese braiding technique. The body uses 16 pieces of rayon floss in groups of 2 – for 8 strands braided on the fly. It is hard to see but there is also a row of red on the top as well. It still needs some work to be more consistent, but I was pretty excited with the results of this fly. There are a lot of possibilities with this technique with body coloring and texture.