Fly Tied by Ken Burgess
Photo taken by Ruben Breitkreutz
DEER HAIR BODY CADDIS
SUBMITTED BY: Ken Burgess
Fly Tied by Ken Burgess
Photo taken by Ruben
Breitkreutz
FISHING METHOD : Floating line with 10 -16 Ft leader. cast the fly to rising fish, fishing this fly dead drift. another method to fish this fly involves several 4 to 8 inch pulls with an occasional 1 to 4 second pause added in to the retrieve.
| Hook | Mustad 94840 size 8 - 12 |
| Thread | 6/0 or 8/0 black |
| Tail | Deer hair |
| Body | Deer hair (butt ends of the tail) |
| Wing | Deer hair |
| Head | Deer hair (butt ends of the wing) |
TYING NOTES:
First pinch your barb, then lay a thread base down to the bend of the hook and return the thread 1/8 inch from the eye.
Select, clean, and stack a bunch of deer hair. Use 15 to 20 hairs for a # 8 hook. Clean out the short hairs, then cut the hairs 1 1/2 the length of the shank of the hook.
Lay the deer hair on the hook shank so the hairs will cover the complete shank. Tie the butts down tightly while holding the deer hair so it does not flair.
After the butts are tied down tightly, wind the thread over the deer hair to the hook bend using less tension so you don't crush the deer hair (this will help the fly float). At the hook bend tighten up on the thread, then wrap a few looser wraps to control the flair of the tail. Return the thread to the eye the same way.
Select, clean, and stack a slightly larger bunch of deer hair (do not cut to length). Lay this on the top of the hook shank so it circles the top 180 degrees of the shank. Tie this hair down tightly just behind the eye (once again holding the tips of the hair with the other hand to control the hair from flaring). Wrap a few looser wraps back on the hair to control the flair.
Collect up the butts of wing material. Pull them straight up and take the thread ahead of them, right behind the eye, and form a lump of thread to hold the butts upright. Whip finish.
Clip the butts of the wing material about 3/16 inch long (for a # 8 hook) and clip any hair from the wing material that got tied down below the center line of the body.
Turn the fly over and apply very little head cement to the thread at the eye, the loose wraps controlling the flare of the wing, and the base of the tail.
This fly floats very well and is easy to tie. I think it works better, and is a little more durable than a Tom Thumb.