Wickham's Fancy SBS

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Used McPhail's downwing sedge version as the base; swapped in a duck (female redhead used here) back feather for the mallard quill segments, just for a little different look.

hook - Dai Riki 075 #10
thread - Danville 6/0 black
tail - brown hackle
rib - x-small wire gold
body - mylar tinsel gold
body hackle - brown (undersize by 1)
wing - duck back feather
front hacke - brown


Part 1

mash barb, start thread; wrap to bend

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measure (shank length) some hackle fibers; tie in

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tie in rib & tinsel

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wrap tinsel forward; tie off/trim

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tie in hackle; reverse palmer to bend

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capture tip with wire; rib body thru hackle, helicopter end

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Part 2

prep wing; measure (about halfway to tail), tie in, adjust angle, if needed,trim butts

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tie in (folded) hackle by tip

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wrap hackle while sweeping fibers back, whip finish, SHHAN

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Regards,
Scott

Another beautiful fly, with clear and easy to follow pictorial directions. Thanks Scott.

Jim Smith

Always loved the look of this classic fly. Used to tie and fish it quite a bit and seemed like it worked well when caddis were emerging. Of course, I mostly fish more modern caddis pupa these days, but I'll bet this would still work.

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Originally Posted by johnstoeckel

Always loved the look of this classic fly. Used to tie and fish it quite a bit and seemed like it worked well when caddis were emerging. Of course, I mostly fish more modern caddis pupa these days, but I'll bet this would still work.

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Why wouldn't it, John? A trout is a trout. And classic flies show them something that hasn't nicked their lips.

Chuck