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E-Z Caddis

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Classic Recipe

  • Hook Standard dry-fly hook, 14-18
  • Thread Olive or tan (to match hatch) 8/0

Materials

  • Underwing/float Olive poly or Antron yarn (below wing) (small bunch)
  • Body Fine dry-fly dubbing, olive/tan (pinch)
  • Post/wing White calf tail or calf body hair (small bunch)
  • Downwing Mottled hen or feather section, tented (1)
  • Hackle Brown or grizzly dry-fly hackle (parachute) (1 feather)

How to tie it

  1. Start thread and tie in an upright post of white calf hair at about the 65% mark for high visibility.
  2. Lay a short length of olive poly/Antron yarn along the top of the shank beneath where the wing will sit to add flotation and sheen.
  3. Dub a slim tapered body of fine dubbing from the bend forward to the post.
  4. Tie a mottled feather section flat over the body as a tented downwing, extending just past the bend, to give a realistic caddis silhouette from below.
  5. Wind the hackle parachute-style around the calf-hair post in five or six turns, tie off, whip finish and cement. The heavy parachute hackling lets the fly ride high and be twitched or skated.

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