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Antron Caddis Pupa

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Curved scud/pupa (TMC 2457 / 2487), 12-18
  • Thread Brown 8/0

Materials

  • Body Caddis-green (or tan/olive) antron sparkle dubbing (Plump)
  • Overbody sheath Clear/olive antron sparkle yarn (Small tuft)
  • Legs Brown partridge or hen (Few fibers)
  • Head/thorax Dark brown hare's ear or ostrich (Small pinch)
  • Antennae Wood duck fibers (2, optional)

How to tie it

  1. Mount the curved hook, start thread, and run to the bend.
  2. Split a sparse tuft of antron yarn and tie it in top and bottom at the bend to start a trailing gas-bubble sheath.
  3. Dub a plump caddis-green sparkle body forward to the 70% mark, then pull the antron sheath up over the top and bottom, bind it down, and trim a short shuck at the rear.
  4. Sweep a few brown partridge fibers under the throat as legs, reaching to the hook point.
  5. Dub a dark hare's-ear head/thorax collar behind the eye.
  6. Optionally lay two short wood-duck fibers back over the top as antennae.
  7. Whip finish and snip.

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