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 Fly Tier: Andrew Cooper |
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Tying Instruction : 1) Tie in thread at bend of hook. 2) Take a small bunch of deer hair and hold it on the top of the hook. Make two loose wraps of thread around deer hair and then pull tightly down on the thread while releasing the deer hair. The deer hair should spin freely around the hook. Pack tightly with a hair packer. 3) Repeat step 2, one - two more times until 2/3 of the hook is covered with deer hair. 4) Tie thread off and cut thread. 5) Remove hook from vise and cut deer hair into wedge shape. 6) Place hook back in vice and tie on thread at hook eye. 7) Tie on stripped hackle stem antenna. 8) Tie on quality dry fly hackle and wind hackle around front 1/3 of hook. 9) Whip finish head Note : This is my all time favorite caddis pattern. It floats well and you can use it as a strike indicator, above a caddis pupa. A deadly combination. |
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When I was 13 my parents gave me a fly fishing outfit for my birthday. That year I spent a lot of time trying to fly fishing on our local trout stream. I caught nothing the whole summer. My dad, not being a fisherman, couldn't understand how I could keep going back day after day. One day a friend of his a work suggested we visit Carl Coleman who had a fly fishing store in the basement of his house. We went to Carl's and bought a fly tying kit, and Carl told us of a man who lived in my neighborhood named Lynn Holt who might help me tie some flies. That winter, Lynn graciously let me come over to his house on Wednesday nights to tie flies. The very first trip that next spring I caught my first Trout. Lynn did not ask for anything for all the lessons he gave me, he did it for the love of the sport. He was passing on a gift that will last me a lifetime.
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