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King Zeppelin Caddis Fly

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Tyer Recipe

  • Hook Curved emerger/pupa hook (e.g. TMC 2312 or 2487), 14-18
  • Thread Tan or brown 8/0

Materials

  • Antron sparkle yarn Cinnamon (or tan/olive) (1 loose clump (abdomen sack))
  • Dubbing (hare's ear / Ice Dub) Brown / peacock dubbing (pinch (thorax))
  • Elk hair Natural deer hair (small bundle (wing))

How to tie it

  1. Start the tan thread on a #16 curved emerger hook and wrap a base to the bend.
  2. Tie in a loose loop of cinnamon Antron sparkle yarn at the bend, leaving it shaggy so it forms a translucent, bubble-trapping abdomen sack over the rear two-thirds of the shank.
  3. Fold the Antron back over itself to build the loose 'mop' sack and tie it down at about the 65% point; trim the excess.
  4. Dub a scratchy thorax of brown/peacock dubbing from the abdomen up to just behind the eye and pick it out.
  5. Stack a small bundle of natural elk hair, measure it to the end of the abdomen, and tie it in as a down-wing over the thorax; trim the butts.
  6. Build a small thread head, whip finish, and cement.

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