This
is another pattern that was tied at Brian Chan’s seminar. Try using this
pattern when the wind has stirred up the bottom of the lake.
Try this pattern in red or green.
FISHING
METHOD:
Floating line with 10 -18 Ft leader. Use a strike indicator to help keep
your fly at the feeding depth. Use a slow retrieve (6 - 8 seconds for each
hand twist) with a couple 2 - 3 inch pulls every 25 - 30 seconds.
You can also use a
sinking line. Cast out and let your line sink straight down. Use the same
retrieve as above well into your leader. Fish will follow the hook up before
taking it.
| Hook |
Caddis curved, straight eye
size 12 |
| Thread |
8/0 Burgundy or Maroon |
| Bead |
White metal bead (1/8
inch-small) |
| Ribbing |
Silver wire - fine (5 - 7
wraps) |
| Body |
Stretch flex - Chocolate
brown |
TYING
NOTES:
-
First
pinch your barb down, slide bead on the hook.
-
Tie
in a thread base of maroon thread. you can change the color of the body by
changing the thread color.
-
Tie
in the ribbing material the length of the hook.
-
Cut
the stretch flex in a V-shape. This will make it easier to tie in. Tie in
the stretch flex.
-
Wrap
your thread forward, building a tapered body to the bead.
-
Wrap
the body material forward.
-
Tie
off with several wraps of thread at the back of the bead.
-
Wrap
two turns of ribbing at the butt of the fly, then rib forward in the
opposite direction.
-
Tie
off behind the bead, and cover the back 1/3 -1/2 of the bead.
-
Whip
finish the fly.
To
tie this pattern in green, use green thread and olive stretch flex.
