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Hackle Stacker Caddis

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 3 versions

Note: This recipe has not been verified against a documented source, or disagrees with one. Treat the materials and steps as unconfirmed.

Skyler Hardman dressing

  • Hook Emerger Hook
  • Thread Danville Flymaster Plus 70 Denier

Materials

  • Tail(Shuck) Z-lon Baetis Olive
  • Abdomen Turkey Biot Baetis Olive
  • Hackle Medium Dun Saddle
  • Thorax Dark Baetis

How to tie it

  1. Start the gray thread at the mid-shank point and wrap a base back to the bend.
  2. Tie in the amber Z-Yarn shuck (about a hook-gape length past the bend) and the brown 6-0 thread rib at the bend.
  3. Dub a slim muskrat body forward from the bend to the mid-shank point.
  4. Counter-wrap the brown thread rib forward over the body in 4-5 open turns for segmentation; tie off and trim.
  5. Tie in a short loop of monofilament at the mid-shank so it stands up as a post; lock it with three wraps, then take one more loop and lock it down to make a sturdy post.
  6. Tie in the grizzly and brown hackles at the base of the mono post.
  7. Wrap both hackles together up and around the mono post counterclockwise, 4-6 turns, then bring the mono loop forward and down over the top of the hackle so the fibers splay over the body like a parachute; tie the mono off behind the eye.
  8. Trim the mono tag, build a small head and whip finish; the hackle now sits flush on top imitating a low-riding caddis.

Other versions

2 more in the app: Classic Recipe, Fischer's Flies.

Tying videos

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