Bodkin / Patterns

Metallic Caddis

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook 2XL curved caddis/scud hook, 12-16
  • Thread Olive 8/0

Materials

  • Tungsten or brass bead Gold bead (1, sized to hook)
  • Lead-free wire Silver lead free wire (6-8 turns (optional))
  • Ultra wire body Metallic green/olive wire (1 length)
  • Peacock herl Natural peacock herl (2-3 strands)
  • Partridge or hen hackle Brown hen hackle (1 feather)

How to tie it

  1. Slide the bead to the eye, small hole first, and mount the hook. Add 6-8 turns of lead-free wire behind the bead and shove them into the bead to lock it, if weighting.
  2. Start thread behind the bead and lay a smooth thread base back to the point of the barb, following the curve of the hook so the body looks like a bent grub.
  3. Tie in the metallic wire at the rear. Advance the thread to just short of the bead.
  4. Wrap the wire forward in tight, touching turns to build a segmented metallic abdomen. Stop one bead-width short and bind off.
  5. Tie in 2-3 peacock herls, twist them into a rope, and take 3-4 turns to form a buggy thorax against the bead.
  6. Fold a soft brown partridge fiber collar around the thorax with 2 turns, sweep the fibers back, and whip finish behind the bead. One drop of cement.

Tying videos

← All fly patterns