H+F October Caddis SBS

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A little bit different (maybe even easier) than the hopper.


hook - Dai Riki 280 #8
thread - UTC 140 burnt orange
body/wing - 2mm foam rust
legs - medium rubber orange
head/collar - elk hair rust


Part 1

mash barb; start thread, wrap to bend

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taper foam strip (about 1/2 gap width)

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tie in at butt, brush shank with Super Glue, cover tag end with thread

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wrap foam forward; tie off/trim

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taper another foam strip (gap width)

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measure for length (tip about gap width past bend) brush on some Super Glue, tie in

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tie in legs

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flip fly over (easier, for me to do the underside first); clean, stack, measure (tips to bend) a clump of elk hair

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Part 2

2 soft wraps, slowly tighten, allowing it to flare/spread over bottom half

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repeat on the topside; pack head back with thumbnails, half hitch x 2, SHHAN

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trim belly

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trim top (hold foam at angle and push razor blade thru, continuing cut to hair)

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taper head, trim legs

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Regards,
Scott

Hard to believe that it is already time to start planning for this hatch. That is a heck of a pattern, and tie, Scott. Must float like a cork. Never heard to that pattern before, but would make a great skating fly. Seems to me would make a lot more sense to cut the wing/thorax/head flat so it would drift flush with the film, but that's just my personal preference. Thanks!

Pretty cool caddis.

Same game plan with a furled foam body. Tied on a #8 Dai Riki 135; wing/lip is 1mm foam (doubled over for the lip; should push some water if fished as a skater).

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...pszuphnohq.jpg

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...psd2rhyibt.jpg

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Regards,
Scott

Furling foam, for anyone that's interested

cut a strip of foam = thickness (2mm x 2mm in this case)

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secure one end (clipboard used here)

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roll the strip in an arc (best to grab it by the end), either towards or away from you (I like to do it on a piece of foam attached to the clipboard; grips the strip I'm rolling and creates a more uniform twist)

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2rqei3l0.jpg


while holding the free end secure, hook the strip in the middle (dubbing twister used here)

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continue holding the free end, lift with the hook and bring the 2 halves together

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continue holding the free end, remove the hook and allow the strip to twist on itself

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the furled foam strip is now ready to tie onto the hook


Regards,
Scott

Scott,

Thanks for putting all these SBS instructions and the detail tutorials together. I know that it takes time to do these and I appreciate your efforts.

Thanks,
Ted