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Tying Tuesday: The Spice of Life

On this week’s Tying Tuesday, we’ve received three very totally different patterns—from a reasonably normal caddis pupa/emerger to a dry fly that may catch all the things from panfish to trout, to a fly-fishing model of a basic lure. We kick issues off with a cool caddisfly imitation from the thoughts of John Barr. Tyler from AvidMax walks us by means of the steps to create the Graphic Caddis, which simply seems all type of buggy. Subsequent up is certainly one of my favourite late-season dry flies, the Cinnamon Ant. I fish it this time of yr as a dropper off a bugg attractor sample, equivalent to a PMX or Royal Trude, to nice impact.

Lastly, we’ve received what could also be a controversial selection: Larry Tullis’s model of the Wiggle Bug. I first encountered this fly whereas guiding at Copper River Lodge in Alaska in 1995, the place the sample was chargeable for each fish over 30 inches that summer time. Within the three many years since, I’ve used Wiggle Bugs to catch trout, bass, pickerel, pike, and striped bass. The motion is the water—very similar to a basic Flatfish lure—is so attractive that predatory fish can’t appear to withstand it.


Graphic Caddis
Hook: 2X-short curved nymph hook (right here Tiemco 2488), sizes 14-18.
Thread: White, 8/0 or 70-denier.
Physique: Chartreuse Hareline Hole Tubing.
Egg sac: Veevus Holographic Tinsel, small.
Wing: Black India hen-back feather.
Thorax: Ostrich herl.
Hackle: Dun dry-fly hackle.
Head: Tying thread, coloured black with a marker.

Cinnamon Hearth Ant
Hook: Commonplace dry-fly hook, sizes 12-16.
Thread: Brown, 8/0 or 70-denier.
Wing: Dun hen-feather ideas.
Stomach: Rust dry-fly dubbing.
Hackle: Brown saddle hackle.
Thorax: Rust dry-fly dubbing.
Wing: White CDC.
Head: Tying thread.
Adhesive: Head cement.



Tullis Wiggle Bug
Hook: Stinger hook (right here a Gamakatsu B10s), sizes 2/0-8.
Thread: Crimson, 6/0 or 140-denier.
Eyes: Lead dumbbell eyes, small.
Flash: Opal white Estaz.
Tail: Flourescent tellow marabou fibers.
Physique: Yellow foam, 4mm.
Hackle: Dun dry-fly hackle.

Instruments: Bodkin, giant whip-finish instrument.
Word: Tie this sample in any colours or colour combos you want.

 

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