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Caddis Emerger
Tied by Claude Freaner
  • Hook: #18 standard dry
  • Tail/Shuck: Ginger Z-lon, sparse
  • Thread: Olive
  • Abdomen: Olive Hare-tron
  • Thorax: Olive Hare-tron
  • Wing: Short deer hair
  • Tying Instructions
    Attach thread to the hook and wind down the shank to the bend. Tie in sparse Z-lon tail/shuck - I used 1/2 a 'hank', and tried to make sure the ends were uneven lengths. Over all length of tail is around 3/4 shank length. Add dubbing for the abdomen, tapering it slightly, and dub up to about 2/3 of the way towards the eye. Tie in a small clump of deer hair after you remove the underfur and even the tips. This should ideally extend from the tie-in point to just about even with the hook point or maybe the barb. The length of mine varied a bit, depending on which football game was on tv and how many beers and been consumed while helping 'my' team. Trim the deer hair butts, and then add a bit more dubbing, and cover the butt ends of the deer hair, whip finishing just behind the eye. If any long pieces of rabbit guard hairs were sticking out over the eye, I left them as 'broken antennae'. I haven't tried this particular fly yet, but intend to in the spring, fishing it in or just under the surface film.
    Claude Freaner
    Lake Ridge, VA United States

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