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Hot Butt Peacock Caddis
Tied by Gregory Moore
  • Hook: Any dry fly hook to fit the hatch size (Tiemco 102Y #11)
  • Hackle: Grizzly hackle
  • Wing: Light yearling elk hair
  • Thread: Olive or tan 8/0
  • Tail: Orange antron yarn (just a tuft of it)
  • Body: Peacock herl twisted in a dubbing loop
  • Tying Instructions
    • Begin by putting your hook in your vise...unless you are Lee Wulff and tie alot without the use of a vise!


    • Attach thread to hook and tie in antron yarn. Clip short to make "Butt".


    • Tie in grizzley hackle - enough forward of butt so that you can get one full turn of herl behind it.


    • Tie in herls - I use 5 or 6 on this size - by their tips. Form herl rope with dubbing loop and wind one full turn behind hackle and then bring forward toward hook eye and tie off.


    • Palmer grizzley hackle over body - about 4 turns - and tie off.


    • Cut and stack a bunch of elk hair for wing. Clean out all under fur before stacking.


    • Lay elk hair over body to form wing. Make tips about even with the butt/tail.


    • Make two or three loose turns over elk hair and then tighten and wrap a couple more times to secure wing.


    • Pull butts of elk hair forward and either use whip finish or half hitches to tie off directly on hook


    • Go fishing!!
    Fishing Tips
    I saw this pattern in a catalog last year and thought I would try it. It worked! I have never seen an actual recipe so this is what I use and how I tie it.

    Gregory Moore
    Saranac Lake, New York United States

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