Fly Tying with Steven Craig: Realistic Caddis Fly

Fly Tying with Steven Craig: Realistic Caddis Fly

DRY FLY Patterns / December 11, 2021

Our next Steven Craig video tutorial is for an easy-to-tie pattern for Realistic Caddis fly. The dubbing loop head makes it very buggy. Hemingway’s Caddis Wings make it look super realistic. A great producer pattern. You can vary the colors and hook size to match your local hatch. Have fun and tie on!

Ingredients:

Hook: Ahrex FW500 Dry Fly #12 hook
Body: brown Antron yarn or light brown superfine dubbing, try All Round dubbing
Underwing: brown Antron or CDC feathers
Overwing: Hemingway’s Realistic Caddis Wings
Head: Hare’s Ear Dubbing in Natural
Thread: Thread 6/0 in Brown

Ahrex FW500 Dry Fly Traditional Hooks - Small Barb — Ahrex FW500 Dry Fly Traditional Hooks – Small Barb – 24 pcs

Hemigway's Realistic Caddis Wings — Hemingway’s Realistic Caddis Wings

Hemingway's CDC Feathers - Pardo Brown — Hemingway’s CDC Feathers

Hemingway's Standard Thread - Brown — Hemingway’s Thread 6/0 in Brown

Hemingway's Hare Dubbing — Hemingway’s Hare’s Dubbing in Natural

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