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Rosenbauer's Deep Caddis Pupa

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Note: This recipe has not been verified against a documented source, or disagrees with one. Treat the materials and steps as unconfirmed.

The Orvis Company dressing

  • Hook 2X-long nymph hook, 12-16
  • Thread Brown or tan, or 8/0 6/0

Materials

  • Weight Nontoxic wire, .015 or .020
  • Shuck Tan or brown Antron yarn
  • Body Tan, brown, or green dubbing
  • Legs Mallard, wood duck, partridge, or other speckled feather
  • Head Brown fur or ostrich herl

How to tie it

  1. Seat the black bead at the eye and lay a thread base to the bend.
  2. Tie in bright green Ultra Wire and wrap it forward in touching turns to the 70% mark for a segmented abdomen; tie off and helicopter to break.
  3. Tie a sparse veil of amber/green Antron over and under the abdomen, left loose so it traps air like the natural's gas sheath; trim it to about the hook point.
  4. Tie a few fibers of dark brown deer hair or Antron over the top, back to the rear of the body, to suggest the dark wing pads.
  5. Dub a short brown thorax behind the bead and sweep the fibers back.
  6. Whip finish behind the bead and cement.

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