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Bottom Bouncing Caddis-Beadhead

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook 2XL curved nymph/caddis hook, #12-16
  • Thread Brown 8/0 (70 denier)

Materials

  • Bead Gold bead (Tungsten or brass, sized to hook)
  • Underweight Lead (6-8 turns fine lead wire (optional))
  • Abdomen Caddis green (Antron/dubbing or vinyl rib)
  • Rib Fine gold wire (Counter-wrapped, 5-6 turns)
  • Thorax Brown/hare's ear (Dubbing, picked out)
  • Legs/collar Brown partridge (1 soft-hackle turn)

How to tie it

  1. Slide the gold bead to the eye and mount the hook.
  2. Behind the bead add a few turns of lead wire for weight and shove them into the bead, then start thread.
  3. Catch in the fine gold wire at the bend for the rib.
  4. Dub a slim caddis-green abdomen forward over the back two-thirds of the shank.
  5. Counter-wrap the wire rib forward in 5-6 evenly spaced turns and tie off, counter-wrapping protects the soft body.
  6. Dub a fuller brown thorax up to the bead and pick it out for legs.
  7. Wrap one turn of brown partridge as a soft-hackle collar, whip finish behind the bead and cement.

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