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Resting Caddis

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Standard dry fly, 14-18
  • Thread Brown or olive 8/0

Materials

  • Dubbing Olive or tan dubbing (as needed)
  • Down-wing Natural deer or elk hair (1 clump)
  • Dry hackle Brown hackle (1 feather)

How to tie it

  1. Start thread at the eye and wrap to the bend.
  2. Dub a slim, slightly tapered body forward to about the 70% mark.
  3. Stack a clump of fine deer or elk hair, measure it just past the bend, and tie it in as a low, tent-style down-wing with tips to the rear; trim the butts.
  4. Tie in a brown dry hackle at the front.
  5. Wrap 3-4 turns of hackle in front of the wing, then trim the bottom fibers flat so the fly sits flush. A resting, low-riding caddis silhouette.
  6. Whip finish at the eye and cement.

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