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Kamloops Caddis Pupa

Nymph · Emerger · Trout · Advanced · 5 versions

Sport Fishing on the Fly dressing

  • Hook Curved, 10
  • Thread Olive 6/0

Materials

  • Rib Peacock Mylar #16
  • Body Peacock Arizona Peacock Dub
  • Wingcase Golden Pheasant Tail
  • Thorax Peacock ice dub
  • Legs Pheasant Rump
  • Head Thread coated with Solarez

How to tie it

  1. Start the olive thread and run it back so the tying point sits just ahead of the hook point, above the barb.
  2. Bind in the Peacock Mylar #16 orange side up, so the peacock side shows when it is wrapped.
  3. Dub Peacock Arizona Peacock Dub onto the thread and wrap a slim body forward, tapering slightly thicker, stopping at two-thirds of the shank.
  4. Rib forward with wide open turns of the mylar and tie off.
  5. Press a thumbnail against the body and sweep the stray dubbing fibers back along it; they trap air and give the pattern life.
  6. Bind in a slip of Golden Pheasant Tail at the two-thirds point, pointing back over the body, for the wingcase.
  7. Dub a loose, buggy thorax of Peacock Ice Dub forward, leaving plenty of room behind the eye.
  8. Pull the wingcase forward over the thorax and bind it down. Pick out a little of the Ice Dub underneath with a bodkin as a throat.
  9. Pinch a clump of Pheasant Rump, pull out the short fibers, and bind the clump in on top with tips reaching to about the end of the body; bind the butts back so they are easy to cover. Fold the fibers back with a few thread wraps and pick out any short stray fibers.
  10. Build a thread head, brush a light coat of Solarez over the head (and the wingcase if you like), and cure.

Other versions

4 more in the app: Tyer Recipe, BCFlyguys, BCFlyguys (2), BCFlyguys (3).

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