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Ice Wing Caddis

Nymph · Trout · Grayling · Intermediate · 2 versions

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Curved Czech-nymph / scud hook, 10-16
  • Thread Olive 70 denier

Materials

  • Tungsten or brass bead Copper bead (1, sized to hook)
  • Pearl mylar tinsel (underbody) Pearl mylar tinsel (1 length)
  • Midge body tubing (body) Olive ostrich herl (1 length)
  • Ice Dub (wing) Olive-brown fine dubbing (small pinch)
  • Synthetic dubbing (collar) Dark hare's ear (pinch)

How to tie it

  1. Slide the copper bead to the eye and start the thread behind it.
  2. Tie in the pearl mylar and the olive midge tubing at the bend, then wrap the thread forward.
  3. Wrap the pearl mylar forward to behind the bead to make a flashy underbody and tie off.
  4. Wrap the olive tubing forward over the mylar in touching turns so the pearl glows through, and tie off behind the bead.
  5. Tie in a short wing of olive-brown Ice Dub over the body, reaching to about the hook point.
  6. Spin a sparse dark hare's-ear collar in a split thread and take 1-2 turns behind the bead for legs and thorax.
  7. Whip finish behind the bead and add a drop of cement. Wing pads and antennae are deliberately left off to keep it a fast, bulk tie.

Other versions

1 more in the app: Fly Fish Food Tie.

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