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Jiggy Caddis Pupa

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Jig nymph hook, 14
  • Thread Olive 8/0

Materials

  • Slotted tungsten bead Copper or black slotted tungsten bead (1, 2.8mm)
  • Antron or Ice dub abdomen Caddis green (pinch)
  • Fine wire rib Gold wire (1 strand)
  • Hare's ear or peacock dubbing thorax Brown peacock herl (pinch)
  • Partridge / hen soft hackle Brown hen hackle (1 feather)

How to tie it

  1. Seat the slotted bead at the eye and start thread behind it.
  2. Tie in a strand of gold wire at the bend for the rib.
  3. Dub a slim, slightly translucent caddis-green abdomen forward to the 65% mark.
  4. Counter-wrap the gold wire in 5-6 open turns for segmentation and break off the tag.
  5. Dub a fatter, buggier brown thorax over the front third to suggest the swelling pupa.
  6. Wind one turn of brown partridge as a soft-hackle collar, sweep it back and pin it so the fibers sweep along the body as legs.
  7. Whip finish behind the bead and add a drop of cement.

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