Rowley's Stillwater Caddis Emerger SBS

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Another cool lake fly from B.C. tyer Phil Rowley.

hook - Dai Riki 135 #10
thread - UTC 140 olive
shuck - Congo Hair white
rib - Mirage Flash opal
abdomen - Crystal Chenille olive
wingcase/wing - deer hair
hackle - ginger

Part 1

mash barb, start thread; tie in shuck

fold back, tie in rib, wrap halfway down bend

tie in chenille; wrap just past the hook point, tie off/trim

counterwrap rib; tie off/trim

clean, stack, measure (hook length + thorax) a clump of deer hair; tie in, trim butts

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Part 2

tie in (folded) hackle by tip (a good webby saddle creates the impression of a thorax); stroke fibers back and wrap forward thru thorax, tie off/trim

pull deer hair forward; tie down, half hitch x 2, SHHAN

trim shuck (hook length)

Regards,
Scott

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cool fly i really like the concept of the wing

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Another beautiful presentation. Many of the emergers have shucks, which you use white congo hair for frequently. In the insect world would the shuck not tend to be a light tan or amber rather than white?

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Jesse,

Thanks. Certainly, other shuck colors could be used; to be honest, I saw a pic of one of Rowley’s flies, tied with the white shuck and thought it looked nice, so that’s how I tied this one.

Regards,
Scott

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Per Jesse’s suggestion I changed up the shuck; hook and rib, too, for a somewhat different look.

hook - Dai Riki 280 #10
thread - UTC 140 olive
shuck - Congo Hair chartreuse/yellow
rib - UTC medium tinsel opal (colored with chartreuse marker)
abdomen - Crystal Chenille olive
wingcase/wing - deer hair
hackle - ginger

Regards,
Scott

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I like it better, personally. Back in the early 90’s shortly after moving to a land with trout, I attended a seminar where an old gentleman told us “you are trying to make a fly that looks like something trout eat, not some other guy’s fly.” I don’t do a great job of either but I have always considered that to be some of the best advice I have received relative to fly tying.