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Boroff's Knuckle Breaker Caddis

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Classic Recipe

  • Hook Curved caddis/scud hook (e.g. TMC 2457), 14-16
  • Thread Golden yellow / brown-olive / golden chartreuse (to match body) 120 denier (Semperfli Nano Silk) / 6/0

Materials

  • Bead Tungsten bead, gold/copper (1, sized to hook)
  • Body Soft translucent dubbing or Semperfli translucent body material (over rear two-thirds)
  • Rib Fine wire (1 length)
  • Thorax Soft, buggy dubbing (darker) (small pinch)
  • Legs/collar Soft-hackle or picked-out dubbing (sparse)

How to tie it

  1. Slide a tungsten bead onto the curved hook and start thread behind it.
  2. Dub or wind a soft, translucent body over the rear two-thirds of the shank, keeping it slim and slightly loose so it flows in the current (this soft body is what gives the fly its lifelike movement).
  3. Counter-rib with fine wire for segmentation and durability, then tie off.
  4. Dub a slightly darker, buggier thorax up to the bead, picking out fibres for legs, or wind a sparse soft-hackle collar.
  5. Whip finish behind the bead and add a drop of cement.

Tying videos

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