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Tombstone Caddis Nymph
Tied by Rob Baldwin |
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Optional: Appropriate sized beadhead
Optional Head: Dubbing of your choice or peacock herl
Body: Medium olive or brown V-Rib
Thread: Olive 6/0
Head: Scintilla dubbing #48 (emerald green-black)
Hook: TMC 2487 or Mustad equivalent (Size 10-20)
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| Tying Instructions |
- Tie in thread directly behind the eye of the hook.
- Cut approx. 2 inch piece of V-Rib off spool.
- Tie V-Rib at eye of the hook ensuring the flat side of the rib is tied along the shank.
- Run thread along the hook shank to the bend of the hook lashing down rib.
- Wrap V-Rib along hook shank tightly against each wrap until approx. 1/16 of an inch away form the eye of hook.
- Tie down rib, cut off V-Rib tag end.
- Dub small but slightly shaggy head with dubbing.
- Whip finish or use a couple of half hitches, cut thread and cement head.
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| Fishing Tips |
| Don't let the simplicity of this fly fool you. This fly was developed to fish highly pressured brown trout on the Grand River in southwestern Ontario. The key to this fly is the body material. The V-Rib provides a translucency that is difficult to duplicate with other body materials and also makes a very nice segmented body. This fly has accounted for large trout across North America; especially in high pressure areas.
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The best way I have found to fish the fly is to use very long leaders (10 to 12 feet) with a strike indicator at the very top. Use a very small shot (No. 4 or 6) and make long casts upstream and let the fly tumble back in the current towards you. This very natural presentation is part of the key to the pattern being successful. Another good way to fish this fly is as a dropper when fishing other caddis patterns, attractor drys or other nymphs. I tie this fly in sizes 10 through 20.
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