caddis fleas...
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 12:00 am
I really took a shining to a pattern Will shared some time ago and have been meaning to tie a version for some time. He's been one of the biggest influences on my flymph/soft hackle approach to tying.
I modified the pattern a bit to make it easier to tie, I need all the help I can get!
Iron Kamasan B110 #14
Thread Veevus primrose 16/0
Hackle Whiting american hen saddle
underbody of tinsel Silver or Gold
dubbing is Beaver on the lighter flies and possum mixed with hares ear on the olive
Semperfli pure silk primrose is the core I used to dub onto
1. After you've tied in your hackle, catch the tinsel in on the far side of the hook behind the thorax, bind down in touching turns to where the underbody should start
2. Take a few additional turns past the tinsel
3. tie in a thick piece of silk I used Semperfli pure silk in primrose, you could use button hole twist.
4. Wind thread to thorax region
5. Wind underbody of tinsel, tie off at thorax, throw in a half hitch
6. Dub the silk finely with dubbing, then add thin veil like clumps where you want some volume by just touching it on and pinching it without twisting it onto the rope (hope that makes sense)
cord the thread up with some hackle pliers, in a clockwise direction if your right handed and wrap the body in open spirals to let some bling show through. build a thorax and finish the fly the way you would any other flymph/soft hackle.
K
I modified the pattern a bit to make it easier to tie, I need all the help I can get!
Iron Kamasan B110 #14
Thread Veevus primrose 16/0
Hackle Whiting american hen saddle
underbody of tinsel Silver or Gold
dubbing is Beaver on the lighter flies and possum mixed with hares ear on the olive
Semperfli pure silk primrose is the core I used to dub onto
1. After you've tied in your hackle, catch the tinsel in on the far side of the hook behind the thorax, bind down in touching turns to where the underbody should start
2. Take a few additional turns past the tinsel
3. tie in a thick piece of silk I used Semperfli pure silk in primrose, you could use button hole twist.
4. Wind thread to thorax region
5. Wind underbody of tinsel, tie off at thorax, throw in a half hitch
6. Dub the silk finely with dubbing, then add thin veil like clumps where you want some volume by just touching it on and pinching it without twisting it onto the rope (hope that makes sense)
cord the thread up with some hackle pliers, in a clockwise direction if your right handed and wrap the body in open spirals to let some bling show through. build a thorax and finish the fly the way you would any other flymph/soft hackle.
K
However I will take advantage of this rare opportunity. 
