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Front End Loader Caddis

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Classic Recipe

• Hook Curved emerger, 14-18
• Thread Olive 8/0

Materials

• Shuck Amber Antron (trailing)
• Body Olive dubbing (slim)
• Wing Deer hair over foam post (forward-set)
• Hackle Grizzly hackle (sparse)

How to tie it

1. Tie trailing shuck at bend
2. Dub body forward
3. Tie foam post and deer wing at front third
4. Wrap sparse hackle
5. Whip finish

Tying videos

• Front End Loader Caddis — Trident Fly Fishing (Trident Fly Fishing)
• Front End Loader Caddis — Devin Olsen (Tactical Fly Fisher)

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