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Spent Cream Caddis
Originator: A.K. Best
Tied by Richard Frank |
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Hook: #18-24 dry fly
Thread: #8 Light Cahill
Hackle: Barred ginger
Wing: Clear hen pheasant breast feathers
Abdomen: Cream dubbing - rabbit
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| Tying Instructions |
| Wrap the thread back to the hook bend, then wax the thread and spin
on the dubbing. Wrap the dubbing two thirds of the way back up
the hook so that it tapers with the heaviest application near
the hook bend. Strip a breast feather to proper size and dampen
it by stroking it back with wet fingers. Tie the feather in
flat-wing style. Tie in one barred ginger hackle and wrap forward
a few turns, tie off and trim. Wrap a small thread head and whip finish. |
| Fishing Tips |
This is one of those little flies for that particular moment when
little cream bodies are floating in the film of a gentle run
or a tequila clear pool. Trim the hackle bottom as required and
drift drag free in the film. (Oh, carry a few with olive bodies as well.)
A.K. Best says that this pattern can also be used as a small beetle. |
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