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Caddis Poopah Brass Bead

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook standard curved nymph, 12-16
  • Thread tan 8/0

Materials

  • Bead Brass/gold bead (1, sized to hook)
  • Abdomen Tan (or olive) material (Ultra Chenille / Vernille)
  • Rib Copper thorax stripe (fine wire)
  • Antennae Lemon wood duck (few fibers each side)
  • Legs/collar Speckled brown rubber legs (partridge or hen, 2 turns)
  • Thorax Peacock ice dub (2-3 herls)

How to tie it

  1. Slide the brass bead to the eye, mount the hook, and start thread behind the bead.
  2. Lay a length of tan Ultra Chenille along the top of the shank and bind it from the bead back to the bend; touch the tail tip with a lighter to taper it into a clean pupal end.
  3. Tie in the copper wire at the bend and rib forward over the chenille in 5-6 open turns, then tie off behind the bead.
  4. Tie in a small clump of wood duck fibers to sweep back along each side as antennae, about half a shank long.
  5. Wind a soft speckled-brown collar, two turns, and sweep the fibers back for legs.
  6. Build a short peacock herl collar behind the bead and whip finish.

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