Carnage October Caddis SBS

All about flies Fly Tying
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Word is they’re about a week to 10 days out; time to get cracking. Back half is the same as the updated Carnage Hopper; front end’s Stimi-ish. The 3/32" heat shrink tubing and 2mm foam made for bodies a bit too chunky for what I wanted in a caddis, then I remembered it’s “HEAT SHRINK” tubing, so I slid it on a thinner needle, applied some heat and shrunk it (probably half the diameter). For the foam, until I get some 1mm stuff, I just pulled/stretched a strip of the 2mm 'till it was the thickness I was looking for.

hook - Dai Riki 280 #10
thread - UTC 140 tan
body - 2mm foam
wing - elk hair
legs - rubber medium burnt orange
thorax - dubbing orange
hackle - dark ginger

Part 1

Slide tubing on needle, apply a little heat (or get thinner tubing)

Pull/stretch (gently) a strip of 2mm foam to get the desired thickness (side-by-side with 2mm)

hold foam against the tubing, apply Super Glue and wrap body

slide body off needle, trim butt and front

poke a hole in the underside, insert hook

start thread, tie on 2mm foam binder strip

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Part 2

brush on Super Glue, side body forward, tie down and trim foam

clean, stack and measure a clump of elk hair

tie elk in, trim butts and smooth head with thread wraps

tie in hackle and legs

dub thread, dub head

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Part 3

wrap hackle forward, tie off, half hitch x 2

trim bottom hackle fibers; SHHAN and you’re done

Regards,
Scott

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Scott nice looking fly, I really like the tube too… If I might ask/suggest if you can heat shrink or close the tube at both ends she will float like a cork. Also. I have stretched 2mm foam when tying and it seems to not float near as well… YMMV, Doug.

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Doug,

Thanks for the suggestions; I’ll find something to plug the butt. I agree about losing some floatability when stretching the foam; this is just a stop-gap until the 1mm stuff I ordered arrives.

Regards,
Scott