Wicked Weaver Caddis (Carnage variation) SBS

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Based on John Newbury's version of a Missing Link/tilt-wing; replaced the sparkle braid butt with foam for buoyancy.


hook - Dai Riki 135 #12
thread/body - UTC 140 tan
core - 7lb mono
abdomen - 1 mm foam tan
thorax shuck - pheasant aftershaft
wing - deer hair
thorax - Zelon dubbing hydropsyche
hackle - grizzly

Part 1

put a loop on the end of the mono

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mash barb, start thread at mid-point, tie in mono

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tie in foam strip, hook loop on to gallows

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brush mono with Super Glue, wrap up (shank length), a little more glue and back to the base; tie off/trim

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trim mono, create thread loop

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Part 2

prep aftershaft, insert in loop, spin, moisten, wrap, tie off/trim

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clean, stack, measure (tips to rear of abdomen) a clump of deer hair; tie in, pull butts up and set angle with thread wraps

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tie in hackle at base of wing

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Part 3

dub thorax behind and in front of wing

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wrap hackle around base of wing; half hitch x 2 at base, trim hackle tip, SHHAN

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trim wing butts

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Regards,
Scott