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Dark Cahill

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 2 versions

Catskill Dressing

• Hook Standard dry fly, 12-16
• Thread Gray 8/0

Materials

• Wings Wood duck flank (upright and divided)
• Tail Brown/ginger hackle fibers (one shank length)
• Body Muskrat (gray, dubbed slim)
• Hackle Brown hackle (3-4 turns)

How to tie it

1. Mount hook, start thread, and set wood duck wings upright and divided at 70%.
2. Tie in a brown/ginger tail one shank length long.
3. Dub a slim gray muskrat body to the wings.
4. Wind brown hackle 2 turns behind and 2 in front of the wings.
5. Whip finish.

Substitutions

• Body instead of Muskrat or gray dubbing: Gray Superfine — Easier to dub cleanly; Gray rabbit dubbing — Buggier texture
• Wing instead of Wood duck flank: Dyed mallard (lemon) — Standard wood duck substitute; Gadwall flank — Similar barring

Other versions

1 more in the app: Classic Recipe.

Tying videos

• Dark Cahill — Jim Misiura (YouTube)
• Dark Cahill — Dressed Irons (Dressed Irons)

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