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caddis pupae »

Plastic tubbing
black thread
dubbing
16 curved dry/emerger hook

start thread 1/4 way behind the eye and wrap to the mid bend.

tie in tubbing and wrap thread back to starting point

wrap tubbing forard to 1/4 way behind the eye, then wrap back to the bend and again back to the fron of the hook. this will give you 3 layers of tubbing for the body/ pupae caseing.

tie off and cut tubbing

place a small amout of dubbing on the thread and build the thorax in the front 1/4 of the hook.

whip finish
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Royal Trude »

hook: 10 wet
thread: 6-0 blk
tail: golden pheasant tippet
rear boby: peacock herl
mid body: red floss
for body: peacock herl
wing: white calf tail
hackle: brown dry fly hackle

as listed in materials
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goddard caddis »

hook: 14 2x long 1x fine
thread 6-0 blk
body: spun white deer body hair; cut to shape
hackle: 14 dry hackle
antennea: stripped saddle hackle quill/shaft.

as listed in materials
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lead wing coachman »

hook: 10 wet
thread: 6-0 blk
body: peacock herl
hackle: brown saddle hackle
wing: paired goose primary wing

as listed in materials
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CO caddis nymph »

Hook: 18-22 wet/nymph
thread 6-0 black
tail: krystal flash
under body: thread
body: ribbed krystal flash
thorax: rust hairs ear dubbling

Tie in krystal flash tail
tie in single strand of KF
build under body of black thread
wrap forward to start of thorax
rib on KF strand up to thorax
tie off and dub on hairs ear
make a wrap or two of dubbing
build head with thead and whip finish
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surface scum »

Hook 10-16 dry
thread 6-0 black
Body brown, white, and chartruse saddle hackle
Head. spun deer hair, or foam

palmmer long/ softer saddle hackle from tail end to head in three layers. you can change the order up if you like. then spinn a full deerhair head or tie in a peice of foam head. and finnish
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mullberry »

body/berry: Sparcely flashed chanille. (black)

Head/ Stem: green thread.

build a berry w/ chanille. and build a stem with the thread.
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Danish Wet »

Hook: standard 12 wet
Thread: 8-0 back nylon
Tail and wing: mottled turkey wing
Body: yellow floss
rib: peacock herl

tie in paired wing sections for tail
tie in single, strong strand of herl
tie in floss
wrap thread to 3/4 way up shank
build floss body up to thread and tie off.
make 3 tight wraps of herl ribbing and tie off
tie in paired wings
build thread head and finnish
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royal coachmen wet »

hook: 10 wet
thread: 6-0 black cotton
tail: golden pheasant tippit
Body: rear: peacock herl
mid: red floss
front: peacock herl
rib: fine gold wire (ah, it’s not real gold:)
collar: brown saddle hackle
wing: white goose tail

as listed in materials.
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