H+F October Caddis SBS

All about flies Fly Tying
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A little bit different (maybe even easier) than the hopper.

hook - Dai Riki 280 #8
thread - UTC 140 burnt orange
body/wing - 2mm foam rust
legs - medium rubber orange
head/collar - elk hair rust

Part 1

mash barb; start thread, wrap to bend

taper foam strip (about 1/2 gap width)

tie in at butt, brush shank with Super Glue, cover tag end with thread

wrap foam forward; tie off/trim

taper another foam strip (gap width)

measure for length (tip about gap width past bend) brush on some Super Glue, tie in

tie in legs

flip fly over (easier, for me to do the underside first); clean, stack, measure (tips to bend) a clump of elk hair

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Part 2

2 soft wraps, slowly tighten, allowing it to flare/spread over bottom half

repeat on the topside; pack head back with thumbnails, half hitch x 2, SHHAN

trim belly

trim top (hold foam at angle and push razor blade thru, continuing cut to hair)

taper head, trim legs

Regards,
Scott

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Hard to believe that it is already time to start planning for this hatch. That is a heck of a pattern, and tie, Scott. Must float like a cork. Never heard to that pattern before, but would make a great skating fly. Seems to me would make a lot more sense to cut the wing/thorax/head flat so it would drift flush with the film, but that’s just my personal preference. Thanks!

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Pretty cool caddis.

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Same game plan with a furled foam body. Tied on a #8 Dai Riki 135; wing/lip is 1mm foam (doubled over for the lip; should push some water if fished as a skater).

Regards,
Scott

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Furling foam, for anyone that’s interested

cut a strip of foam = thickness (2mm x 2mm in this case)

secure one end (clipboard used here)

roll the strip in an arc (best to grab it by the end), either towards or away from you (I like to do it on a piece of foam attached to the clipboard; grips the strip I’m rolling and creates a more uniform twist)

while holding the free end secure, hook the strip in the middle (dubbing twister used here)

continue holding the free end, lift with the hook and bring the 2 halves together

continue holding the free end, remove the hook and allow the strip to twist on itself

the furled foam strip is now ready to tie onto the hook

Regards,
Scott

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Scott,

Thanks for putting all these SBS instructions and the detail tutorials together. I know that it takes time to do these and I appreciate your efforts.

Thanks,
Ted