Dirty Bug Yarn Caddis: Fly Tying Step By Step

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8 ай бұрын

I have not done a dry fly pattern on here for a little while so figured it was time to put one up. Given we are knocking on the door to summer here and the local brown trout will be spending more and more time looking up for bugs on the surface I though this caddis variation would be a handy pattern for those of you tying dry flies. As per the name this is a caddis imitation and does a great job of this in smaller sizes. However, I like to use this in large sizes as well (think 12 and bigger) as a general terrestrial pattern. It has a great footprint on the water and when the fish are looking for anything and everything floating down stream in the surface it has proven handy. The Dirty Bug Yarn is a great material and proves its versatility with this pattern, I love the mottled coloring on a lot of the options you can get with it.
TYING NOTE: When splitting the yarn you do not have to do it while tied onto the hook as I have. You could cut it after tying in the tail/shuck then tie it back in. I simply wanted to demonstrate another way of doing it if you wanted a larger tail then using the single strand to tie the body without cutting it and tying it off again,
Cheers,
Happy Tying Everyone
MATERIALS:
HOOK: Ahrex FW510 Curved Dry
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THREAD: Semperfli Brown 30d Nano Silk
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BODY/TAIL/SHUCK: Semperfli Caddis Brown Dirty Bug Yarn
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WING:
Deer Hair
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Semperfli Semperflash Krystal Pearl
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HACKLE:
Whiting Farms Brown Saddle Hackle
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VISE:
Stonfo Kaiman
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Пікірлер: 16

@KBosch-xp2ut Ай бұрын

Great tie! Will definitely give it a go! Thanks from Canada!

@southofnorthflyfishing Ай бұрын

Cheers hope it works well for you

@clivelangham435 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for this great pattern. More please.

@southofnorthflyfishing 6 ай бұрын

Cheers. That's much appreciated. There most definitely will be. I will start filming and editing again now that through the Christmas season.

@robertperman8967 5 ай бұрын

Very nice!! Tight lines🐞🐜🪰!!!!!

@southofnorthflyfishing Ай бұрын

Cheers 👍 likewise to you

@dankochanek8056 7 ай бұрын

DB Yarn is magical to work with. Never thought to brush it out like that. Very cool. I've never used those hooks. Gonna stop at the Blue Quill in Evergreen Colorado this weekend. Thanks for posting.

@southofnorthflyfishing 7 ай бұрын

Cheers. Yeah it's a really cool materials. I hope the pattern works well for you

@florianschmidt3614 8 ай бұрын

Awesome video, really like the use of the bug yarn. Looks like a really versatile dry fly, will definitely make a few for the fly box

@southofnorthflyfishing 8 ай бұрын

Cheers glad to hear you enjoyed it. Hope they work well for you

@kennethsanders963 8 ай бұрын

MY collection of materials is huge but I don't have the exact same hook as you but I can substitute with a similar hook . Dirty bug yarn I have 14 different colours. Nice fly though Thanx for the pattern I've already started on a dozen of them. Tight lines.👍✌

@southofnorthflyfishing 8 ай бұрын

That's all good don't have to use this hook I'm sure it will work on what you have. That's a great collection of the Dirty Bug Yarn! All the best with them hope they work well for you

@tacticalskiffs8134 8 ай бұрын

Never heard of DBY, that is why I like standard patterns, will this really catch less fish with stuff everyone has. Lovely fly though++

@southofnorthflyfishing 8 ай бұрын

Thank you. Realistically the same question could apply regardless of the material I used though. It could be something you have heard of and still apply. I think DBY is a great, versatile material. It also has some cool colours and is simple to use in a range of ways I wanted to demonstrate which is why I used it for this video. Hopefully you can get your hands on some to try but if not then that's alright I'm sure if you substitute something else in it will work as well 👍 all the best with it either way.

@callumclark3358 7 ай бұрын

That’s nice, but why strip half the hackle? You paid good money for that, and chucked away half of it. Maybe you NZ folks are very affluent, but more important, it really doesn’t look good wound like that.

@southofnorthflyfishing 7 ай бұрын

I disagree as far as if it looks good, I like it. But with that being said its completely subjective as far as that goes from both of us and doesn't really matter. As for the why, which I think is more important. You could absolutely tie this with a full hackle if you wanted to however gvien we have the deer hair wing which is going to assist with the floating of this fly I strip half the hackle to change the foot print on the water surface and give a more sparse silhouette. I've only used this one for a short time so can't say I've used it enough to say one way is better than the other for sure but that's my theory.