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 Fly Tier: Aaron Hirschhorn |
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Tying Instruction : 1) Place hook in vise. 2) Attach thread at eye and go about 1/4 down the shank. Run thread back to eye. 3) Attach a piece of foam about 3" long by 1/4" wide at the eye and extending out over the eye. This is enough for 2 flies. You can do more or less. Bind down the foam and run thread to just into the bend. 4) Dub the body material about 1/2 way up the shank or just past that point. 5) Stack the hair and attach the wing so that it extends just past the bend. Wing should be relatively sparse. Run thread to eye ( the point where you first attached the foam). 6) Dub thorax material onto thread and wrap back to where you tied the wing on. 7) Fold foam back over thorax, tie off and whip finish. 8) Clip foam off right behind whip finish and go fishing. Note : The fly is quite easy to tie. Once you get going each one only takes a few minutes. Taking ideas from a number of places, I believe that this fly, with its oversized thorax, represents the caddisfly as it leaves its pupal shuck and begins to spread its wings. The caddis moves as it floats downstream. Fish take the imitation with a splashy rise. In the evening, when just-hatched caddis swim across the water heading for the bank or looking for a place to lay eggs, gently pull the fly against the current to create a noticeable wake that attracts fish. Sparsely dressed in smaller sizes and in a cream color, this pattern imitates a hatching mayfly. Emerging mayflies, midges and caddisflies look the same to the fish, their wings just opening and their thoraxes appearing as "large, shiny balls." It also works in the daytime. I am particularly indebted to Roman Moser for his ideas on caddis behavior. |
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