Body 3-4 strands goose wing quill or other wing quill in natural or
Wing 2 Rooster or Hen body feathers
Hackle Dun Hackle or to match body or wing color, over size one
How to tie it
Prepare the wing first. Lay the two body feathers on top of each other, even the points and cut the stems off. Using the hook as a gauge, peel the fibers off both feathers together until the remaining feather section is as long as the entire hook from the back of the bend to the front of the eye.
Coat the paired feathers with flexible cement and, as it starts to dry, pull them very gently into a teardrop shape. Set the wing aside to dry while you tie the rest.
Attach the thread and wrap it back along the shank.
Take three or four fibers off the goose wing quill and tie them in by the tips at the rear. Wrap them forward evenly to make a finely segmented body, tie off and remove the excess.
Set the pointed end of the dried wing on top just behind the eye, take a gentle wrap over it, then wrap BACK toward the body a little. Wrapping back cups the feather over the hook and gives the tent-shaped caddis wing.
The two feather stems projecting forward are the antennae: split one to the right and one to the left. They can be shortened later.
Select the Dun Hackle one size over the hook. Bent around the hook it should reach about two times the shank-to-point distance instead of the usual one and a half. Trim out the webby base and tie the stem in on the near side, concave (lighter) side facing forward.
Take four turns of hackle in the short space in front of the wing and tie it off.
Whip finish the head.
Trim the hackle off the top. Hold the fly in forceps, turn it over and snip the bottom hackle off even with the hook point, laying the scissors right on the shank, so the fly sits flat and low.