Sexyloops - sexyloops fly tying school part 19

t.z. | Friday, 26 February 2016

I went through my notes of the last years and the clear winner was this little bugger. Yeah, one should only believe the stats you doctored yourself of course. ;-) Anyway, it worked wherever I fished it - New Zealand or Norway and other countries.

I am not really sure what it represents. The overall look is screaming "caddis pupa", but it worked in very different hatches too. Heck, I even fished it when trout were feeding on manuka beetles.

The tie is a bit more complex and not so easy to get right, but let´s give it a go ....

The material for the "wing-case" is again as in many of my other patterns hair taken from in between the toes of an arctic hares foot. This material is hydrophobic, meaning is does not get wet. The natural color is white or slightly off white. It is very easy to see on the water. It reflects light very very well. So good that it is really hard for an amateur photographer like me to not f... up the exposure. Anyway ...

The other materials needed are CDC and carpet yarn ... hence the name.

Carpet Yarn Caddis

Extended_Body_Caddis_SBS 1

This is what you need:
a hares foot,
CDC, Carpet Yarn,
Dyneema thread (Veevus 30D or 50D)

and a hook of course - a Partridge CZ in size 16 (former 22)

The start

set the hook in the vice and make short threadbase
I higly advise to use very thin dyneema thread
I like Veevus 30D or 50D
This fly features quite some turns of thread
on top of each other, so a
regular thread would build up too much.

The Extended Body

tie in the carpet yarn

get hold of the yarn and twist it counter-clockwise
turn it so many times until you feel it "pulling" towards the hook

- now double the yarn over and hold it with your fingers -
or a needle as shown
I used the needle method so it shows better on the picture
and tie it in without letting go of the two strands

so when you let go of the yarn it should twist around itself
this stops the yarn from fraying

The Wingcase

snip off a clump of the hares hair

tie over the carpet yarn

which than looks like this

The CDC hackle

lay two or three feather on top of each other
and clamp them with two paper clips

cut one side right by the feather stem

do the same with the other side

so you have two clamps with CDC fibres only
one "clamp" per fly

split the thread with a needle

and insert the CDC fibers

twist the thread

and wind the CDC hackle onto the hook

secure with a few extra wraps and
let the thread bobbin hang down and untwist the thread

The wing-case

grap the hares hair and flip it over the CDC hackle

and tie it down

snip off remains

and finish with a knot

Extended_Body_Caddis_SBS 28
done - the CYC

picture by Al Pyke

Thomas Züllich, or - “t.z.” as most call him - is a German flyfisher & flytier living in Norway. His flydressing is based on old traditions as well as very modern and innovative methods of creating flies. You can book Thomas for guided trips, flytying classes and presentations. He regularly gives speeches and demonstrations at fly fishing fairs. Thomas is member of the ProTeam at Partridge of Redditch as well as Regal Vises.

www.tzflyfishing.no

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sexyloops fly tying school part 19 - carpet yarn caddis

sexyloops fly tying school part 19 - carpet yarn caddis

Carpet Yarn Caddis