Hemingway's Caddis Special

Hemingway’s Caddis Special – Fly Tying with Jim Misiura

Check out Jim Misiura’s next fly tying video tutorial – a Hemingway’s Caddis Special using Hemingway’s Realistic Caddis Wings. Thank you Jim for sharing this great video with us.

Ingredients

Realistic Caddis Wings – Brown
Realistic Caddis Wings – Brown
Mallard Barred Feathers - Natural
Mallard Barred Feathers in Natural
Hemingway's CDC Feathers - Pardo Brown
CDC Feathers in Pardo Brown
Hemingway's Beaver Dubbing Plus
Beaver Dubbing in Olive
Hemingway's Standard Thread - Black
Hemingway’s 8/0 Thread in Black

Steps

  • Put the base of thread down where it would hang at the barb of the hook.
  • Tie in the Grizzly Hackle.
  • Wrap the Olive Dubbing to the one eye length from the eye of the hook.
  • Bring the hackle forward making nice and even spaces and tie it in.
  • Trim the hackle from the top.
  • Take about four barbells of Mallard Flank and tie them in at the front of the hook.
  • Fold Hemingway’s Caddis Wings with dull side down and tie them in.
  • Take the Brown Hackle and tie it in at the head and wrap it few times. Tie it off.
  • Whip finish it and put the head cement.

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