Hazel's Moose Hair Caddis SBS

All about flies Fly Tying
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Was in the process of dyeing up some stuff and saw this one over on Speypages.

hook - Dai Riki 899 #8
thread - UTC 140 burnt orange/Danville 210 black
tail - moose body hair
rib - x-small copper wire
body - dubbing rusty orange
body hackle - grizzly dyed hot orange (undersize by 2)
throat - guinea dyed hot orange
wing - moose body hair

Part 1

mash barb, start thread; tie in rib and wrap to bend

clean, stack, measure (gap width at tie-in) a clump of moose body hair; tie in

dub thread/dub body to double wire

tie in hackle; wrap to tail

capture tip with wire, continue forward; helicopter end, cover with thread

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Part 2

tie in (folded) guinea feather by tip; wrap, tie off/trim

stroke fibers down/back, cover with thread

clean, stack, measure (tips to bend) a clump of moose body hair (switched to the heavier Flymaster because I popped off the UTC a couple times)

tie in/trim, whip finish, SHHAN

Regards,
Scott

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Hey Scott, is moose hard to work with the quantities required to make as wing?

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Bruce,

Moose hair I’ve worked with has been fairly stiff, which is great for tails; for wings, it’s been more of a challenge. The Flymaster thread (210 denier?) I used did a good job of flairing the butts; I’d imagine something like GSP would work well, too.

Regards,
Scott