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Sept'Ober Caddis

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

• Hook 2XL curved caddis/pupa hook, 6-10
• Thread orange 6/0 (140 denier)

Materials

• Tungsten bead Gold or black bead (1 (to fit hook))
• Dubbing Orange/amber dubbing (for abdomen)
• Dubbing Dark brown dubbing (for thorax)
• Wire Copper wire (1 length)
• Partridge or hen hackle Brown hen hackle (1 feather)

How to tie it

1. Slide a tungsten bead to the eye, lock the hook in, and tie in the wire rib at the bend.
2. Dub a plump orange/amber abdomen forward to the 70% mark.
3. Counter-rib forward with the wire in 5-6 open turns and tie off.
4. Dub a dark-brown thorax collar behind the bead.
5. Tie in a brown partridge or hen soft hackle and take 2 turns for legs; sweep the fibers back and lock them.
6. Whip finish behind the bead and cement.

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