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Pint Caddis

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Standard dry-fly hook, 16-18
  • Thread To match body (tan, olive, black) 8/0

Materials

  • Razor / thin foam (extended body) Tan, olive, black or cream razor thin foam (narrow strip)
  • CDC feathers (thorax) Natural dun cdc feather (2-3 feathers)
  • Elk hair (wing) Natural deer hair (small clump)

How to tie it

  1. Start the thread at the 60% mark and lay a short base back toward the bend.
  2. Bind a narrow strip of thin foam at the rear and spiral the thread rearward, then wrap the foam back over it in a tight spiral to build a slim, segmented extended body that reaches just past the bend.
  3. Bring the thread forward and lock the foam down at the tie-in point, then trim the excess.
  4. Load a CDC feather or two in a split-thread loop or dubbing clip and spin it into a rope.
  5. Wrap the CDC forward as a buggy, buoyant thorax up toward the eye, then stroke the fibers back.
  6. Stack a small clump of elk hair and tie it in as a downwing, then split it with figure-8 thread turns so half lies to each side as stabilizers that keep the fly from rolling.
  7. Whip finish at the eye and add a tiny drop of cement to the thread head.

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