Quigley Splitsville Caddis variation SBS

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Instead of the dubbed abdomen and thread hackle post (ugh), I went with a foam unibody construction; easier (for me) and additional floatation is a plus. This one's a work in progress but has some possibilities; in these colors it makes a passable spruce moth, too.

hook - Dai Riki 305 #14
thread - UTC 70 tan
abdomen/hackle post/head - 1mm foam tan
wing - deer hair bleached
hackle - barred cream
thorax - dubbing tan

Part 1

mash barb; start thread at 70% mark and wrap back to bend

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tie in foam strip

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wrap foam forward, tie off; pull foam up and back

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tie in hackle at base of post

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half hitch thread, flip fly over and attach weighted hackle pliers to foam strip

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wrap hackle down post (thorax length), then back to base; tie off hackle

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un-invert, smooth thorax back to post with thread

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Part 2

clean, stack, measure (tips to bend) a clump of deer

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tie in, trim butts

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dub thorax

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push down/splay wing (aim for an even distribution); pull post up and through wing center, tie down at eye, half hitch x 2, SHHAN

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trim head, go fish

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dorsal

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ventral

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Regards,
Scott

Excellent, Scott. A forerunner of Craven's Screaming Banshee. I really like the paraloop or hackle stacker style.

Joe

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Borrowed the back end from John Barr's Graphic Caddis to give the fly a bit more flash.


hook - Dai Riki 125 #14
thread - MFC 8/0 sand
underbody/tag - opalescent mylar
abdomen - midge tubing tan
wing - mule deer hair
loop - UTC 140 cream
hackle - barred cream
thorax - dubbing tan


Regards,
Scott

All ya gotta do is...:-) You make it looks so simple.

That second fly is really, really cool Scott! That's got to be my next.

Fun stuff indeed.

Synth Wing variation

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Finding the right deer hair for smaller sizes can be a bit of a challenge; polypro yarn (choose your favorite brand) is easy to work with and the fish don't care either way.

hook - Dai Riki 305 #16
thread - Danville 6/0 tan
abdomen - 1mm foam tan
indicator - 1mm fom orange
wing - Congo Hair tan
post - UTC 140 tan
hackle - light ginger
thorax - dubbing tan

Regards,
Scott

Beautiful ties, Scott. On the Barr variation, did you use the tubing as your hackle post, or just wind the hackle up the thread?

Thanks, Jay. I used UTC 140 in cream for the post (I called it the "loop" in the recipe; same thing).

Regards,
Scott