Lawson's Caddis Emerger

[ScottP]

Hans' beautiful Henry's Fork Caddis got me thinking about Mike Lawson's Caddis Emerger. It's worked well for me; a bit hard to see when the light's going off the water, which is when the hatch really seems to crank up. By that point, though, you can get pretty close to the fish and they won't spook making it easier to pick up the bug. When it's really dark you just pitch it out there and wait for the tug. If your nerves are good, you usually have a fish; if you're like me you break it off as often as not.



hook - Dai Riki 320 #16
thread - Uni 8/0 tan
body - hare's ear/antron
shuck/back/underwing - Widow's Web tan
rib - copper wire x-small
wing - partridge feathers (2)
head - peacock herl



Part 1




mash barb, attach thread and wire at 60% mark and wrap back to point above barb





dub thread





dub body up to 75% mark





tie in Widow's Web at front of abdomen; let extra hang over hook eye





pull Widow's Web over back and trap with copper wire






continue wrapping wire rib forward through thorax; helicopter and tie off





trim shuck fairly short





fold underwing back and tie down





trim underwing even with hook bend

[ScottP]

Part 2



prep 2 partridge feathers





tie partridge in; let tips extend to the back of the fly





trim partridge butts, smooth head with thread





tie in a couple peacock herls





loosely spin herl and thread together and wrap peacock/thread forward





half hitch x 2, SHHAN





Change sizes/colors to suit the bugs you're fishing over; this one works pretty well for the hydropsyche hatch.


Regards,
Scott

[planettrout]

Scott...

Wanna' see it ? Tie in a short tuft of this before wrapping the peacock herl (a la a Brazilian Caddis):



PT/TB