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Barr's Uncased Caddis

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Note: This recipe has not been verified against a documented source, or disagrees with one. Treat the materials and steps as unconfirmed.

InTheRiffle dressing

  • Hook Hanak 300, 10-16
  • Thread Black UNI 8/0

Materials

  • Weight 020 Lead Wire
  • Tail White Z-Lon
  • Rib 3X Tippet Material

How to tie it

  1. Slide the black tungsten bead to the eye, mount the curved hook, and start olive thread at the bend.
  2. Bind a short tuft of cream Antron at the bend as the rear appendage, no longer than the hook gap.
  3. Tie in the mono rib and a strip of olive Thin Skin, leaving both hanging off the back.
  4. Dub a plump, segmented-looking caddis green body forward to just behind the bead.
  5. Pull the Thin Skin shellback over the top and rib forward with 5-6 evenly spaced turns of mono, then tie off; the mono makes the segmentation.
  6. Wrap one or two ostrich herls behind the bead for a soft thorax and legs, then sweep the fibers back.
  7. Whip finish behind the bead; darken the shellback over the thorax with a marker to suggest the head.

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