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CDC Caddis Pupa
Tied by Gary Armstrong |
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Hook: Any pupa or nymph hook
Thread: Color to match body, 8/0
Abdomen: Larva lace over silver tinsel
Thorax/head: Peacock herl, with a wrap of CDC
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| Tying Instructions |
Tie in the thread. Tie in the larva lace on the top of the hook and leave
hanging out the back. Tie in the silver tinsel. Move thread to about 1/3
behind the eye. Wrap the tinsel around the hook and larva lace, forward, tie off and clip. Then, pull the larva lace VERY tight, and wrap around the hook/tinsel. By pulling it tight, it becomes more translucent, allowing light to shine off off the tinsel. Wrap forward, tie off and clip. Tie in the 2-3 strands of peacock herl. Tie in the CDC. Wrap the CDC 2-3 times around the hook, tie off, and clip. Wrap the peacock to cover up to the eye, tie, clip, whip finish and done.
Variations: Add a bead head, body color in green, lime green, red, brown or wine. |
| Fishing Tips |
Fish this as a dropper or on its own. I have found red to be my favorite
color on this one, with green a close second. It seems to do better fished mid-water, so only a single split to bring it down. It really does great at the end of a drift, on the swing across the seams and currents. Great fished too, with no splitshot, just below surface as an emerger.
Fly Concept:
This is a patterns I developed as a Tweek of other patterns. It has a
little serindipity in its blood, as well as phesant tail, CDC soft hackle,
and probably something else. I started doing the under body with the
tinsel to add a little glimmer, something to catch an attraction. This came after digging up some fairly lime green, almost translucent caddis pupa one night. This seemed the best way to imitate this translucent look. It is really fun to see the fish take this fly. The silver underbody with the larva lace wrapped tight improved the strikes by probably 10-1 with this bug. It is a great pattern. I hope it works. |
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