Wednesday
Jul152009
Crystal Caddis
| Hook: Dry Fly Size 12 to 14 Thread: 8/0 Olive Body: Peacock Herl Rib: Green Krystal Flash Wing: Green Krystal Flash Post: Green Krystal Flash Thorax: Olive Dubbing Over Wing: 3 Hungarian Partridge Hackle: Burnt Orange Grizzly |
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Tie in a strand of green crystal flash near the hook bend. |
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Tie in 2 to 3 strands of peacock herl near the hook bend. |
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Wind peacock herl with crystal flash to form a dubbing brush. |
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Tie in some green crystal flash to form the wing and we will use the excess to create the post later. |
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Take excess crystal flash and create a wing post 1/4 of the hook length from the eyelet. |
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Trim the wing post to about the length of the hook. |
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Tie in 3 hungarian partridge feathers and lay them over the crystal flash wing. |
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Dub in a small thorax to cover thread. |
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Tie in the hackle onto the post so that it can be wrapped around the post easily. |
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Wrap the hackle, around the post, to form a parachute hackle. |
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This fly is one of the BEST caddis attractor patterns out there! |
















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