Quigley Splitsville Caddis variation SBS

[ScottP]

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




tie in foam strip






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




tie in hackle at base of post




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




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






un-invert, smooth thorax back to post with thread

[ScottP]

Part 2

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




tie in, trim butts






dub thorax






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






trim head, go fish



dorsal



ventral




Regards,
Scott

[Joe Billingsley]

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

Joe

[ScottP]

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

[Jeremy]

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.

[ScottP]

Synth Wing variation







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

[jay92]

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

[ScottP]

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

Regards,
Scott