Mesilla Valley Flyfishers, Inc.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
From the desk of Norm Mabie, MVFF
This fly is fished in the usual dry fly fashion, but as is the case with most Caddis patterns, it may also be fished subsurface on a dead drift on down and across Sawyer method while occasionally raising and lowering the rod tip to simulate hatching/egg laying activity. Use of a strike indicator is encouraged regardless of how the fly is fished.
2. Tie in about six fibers of the tail material. Advance the thread toward the eye a short distance. Form a four inch dubbing loop, insert your dubbing twister, wax one side of this loop with dubbing wax and place a very small amount of dubbing material on the waxed side of the loop.
3. Tightly twist the dubbing until it is securely held in the loop, attach hackle pliers at the end of the dubbing twister tool, then wrap the dubbing forward to the 2/3 hook hank position. Clip off the excess dubbing.
Troth Elk Hair Caddis
Diving/Emerger Caddis Beadhead (Wet)
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