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Aunt Lydia’s Para Caddis
Tied by Agust Gudmundsson |
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Body: Caddis green turkey biot
Wing: Dun colored "Aunt Lydia's Yarn" (any long antron will work)
Hackle: Grizzly
Thorax: Muskrat under fur
Thread: Olive 8/0
Hook: TMC 2487
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| Tying Instructions |
The fly I submitted is "Aunt Lydia's Para Caddis" this is a variation of the
pattern I tied for the IPS II, which is a variation of Hans Weilenmann's Klinkhammer, which is a variation of Hans van Klinken's Klinken Hammer Special. The name is just a reference to the type of antron yarn used for the wing. I should have tried to incorporate "hammer" in the name, but liked the sound of the selected name better.
This is a low riding caddis that imitates a spent caddis better than an emerging caddis, but can be used for either. I even modified it with a dubbed black body and dun hackle for a pretty fair dark stonefly in the past few weeks.
1) Attach thread to hook, wind back to of bend in hook. Attach biot to hook at the bend. (The biot should be on the side of the hook facing you, with the
spine toward the floor.) Wind biot forward in overlapping turns. Tie off about
2-3 eye lengths from eye of hook. Trim excess biot away.
2) Tie a long piece of yarn in for the wing. This is a critical step so I'll
try and be pedantic. Lay yarn on top of hook so that one end extend just past
the back of the hook. Wrap thread over yarn 3 times at the same point you
finished off the biot. Then lift the yarn that extend beyond eye up, and put a
few wraps of thread tight against the yarn. This is to help form the post needed for the hackle. Do not trim anything yet.
3) Spin some muskrat onto your thread, and dub a slight thorax. Put one or
two wraps in back of wing, and a few in front of the wing. The wraps in front
should be tight against the post. Try to finish with the thread at the post.
4) Make a few clockwise wraps of thread around the post, to build a solid
foundation for the hackle. Attach the hackle cup side down, to the hook on your side of the post. (Note attach to hook, not post) Make a couple of more thread wraps around the post. Leave the bobbin hanging down on the far side of the hook at the back of the post. Wrap the hackle clockwise around the post. Each wrap should be under the pervious one. 3-5 wraps should be enough. For the last wrap, as you bring the hackle past the back of the fly, lift the bobbin up and bring the hackle under the thread. Maintain slight tension on hackle and make one wrap of thread around post but under the hackle but over the hook. So that the thread ends up at the back of the post hanging down. You can now release the hackle. (Don't trim anything yet.)
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