That's a nice one. Yeah, a simple pattern - four Partridge feathers and some dubbing. I recall that the original pattern uses sort of a tan/pearl dubbing. I found that Ice Dub Hares Ear works great for me. I sometimes vary the dubbing colour - pink, olive, orange. I like size 8 hook.
To me this fly ticks all the right boxes. Really nice guys. I'll copy a few too when this first week of school mayhem slows down.
The pattern is probably in GlobalFlyfisher.
Very nice fly. Since cutthroat like yellow, have you tried it with a yellow body?
Some yellow dubbing mixed with pearl would work. Why not. I'll have to try one. Tx, Jack
Ha! I scrolled down too fast and thought the rump was an enormous fly for a second.
Scott,Generic Caddis
Nothing in particular. Could be an emerger, egg-layer or cripple, I guess; you’d need a bead, non-tox underbody or split shot to get it down. Change color/size to suit your needs.
hook - WFC Model 11 #12
thread - Uni 8/0 camel
tag - Krystal Flash root beer/resin
rib - Krystal Flash root beer (doubled/twisted)
body - Ice Dub hare’s ear
wing - Congo Hair shiner tan
shoulder - sharptail grouse
head - grey squirrel (loop dubbed)
Regards,
Scott
The fly is super cool but I think you buried the lede. Is your fly tying bench/desk a log round? Nice!!
Those are really nice. Love the two color body.
Porch tying on a nice day.
