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Ian's In-Between Caddis
Tied by Bruce Wainman |
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Thread: 8/0 olive Unithread
Body: FlyRite Caddis Green (synthetic) or to match natural
Hook: Standard dry fly size 14-18
Wing: Three or four CDC feathers
Tail: Trailing shuck of amber zlon (trilobal antron) with ends fused
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| Tying Instructions |
- Lay down a thread underbody, take thread to half way around the bend.
- Starting half way down the bend dub green body up to 1/3 of hook
shank- try to avoid the urge to make a nice taper and keep the body fat
particularly at the bend.
- Fuse ends of antron triling shuck with flame.
- Tie in shuck at the end of the dubbed body. Try to keep the free
ends of the shuck distributed around the hook shank.
- Select 3 or 4 natural CDC feathers and tie them in by the tip (note:
it is easiest to tie all the CDC feathers in at once after they have
been aligned manually) then lock in CDC with a couple of half-hitches.
- Dub forward with same dubbing as rear leaving just enough room for
the head and to tie in the CDC.
- Tie in the CDC butts leaving a slight ballon of CDC near the back of
the hook(note: tying in the butts is easier if you put your dubbing
needle or scissors between the hook shank and the CDC feathers when they
are being pulled forward).
- Leaving a small amount of the CDC butts showing cut of the rest of
the CDC.
- Whip finish twice.
- Try to figure out what to do with the other 90% of the 4 CDC
feathers that you just cut off.
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| Fishing Tips |
| This pattern is to be fished in a dead drift whenever fish are lunging
at caddis emergers. Make sure to never use floatant on the fly. The fly
can usually be reused after a thorough drying in dessicant. |
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