MATERIALS LIST
- Hook - Any standard dry fly hook.
- Thread - 8/0 Uni-Thread the same color as the natural.
- Body - Sparkle dubbing the same color as the natural.
- Wing - A partridge body feather cemented to the sticky side of the flat finished kind of "Scotch Tape.
- Hackle - Rooster neck or saddle hackle.
- Head - Tying thread.
TYING INSTRUCTION
- Wing Preparation - Stick a partridge body feather to a length of flat finished "Scotch Tape" and apply a thin coat of flexament to the feather. Allow the tape/feather concoction to dry. Fold the tape/feather into equal parts dull side out and trim into a caddis wing shape and size necessary to match hook size.
- Insert a hook into the vise, attach the thread and build a good thread base from the rear of normal head space to the hook's bend.
- Body - Form a dubbing noodle on the tying thread sufficient to build a thin tapered body 2/3 of the hook's shank length.
- Wing - Attach the wing with tying thread at the front of the dubbed body. The wing should encase the body.
- Hackle - Attach the hackle with tying thread at the front of the wing, wrap a 4 to 6 turn hackle collar, secure the hackle tip with tying thread and trim the excess hackle close to the hook's shank.
- Head - Wrap a tapered tying thread head sufficient to cover the trimed hackle tip, whip finish and cement if you like.
NOTES
The Scotch Tape Caddis pictured here is tied by Craig Lewis. I haven't found the origin of the "Scotch Tape" wing backing process. The original trimmed feather wing process is credited to a Slovenian tier namec Volcj and used nylon stocking for the feather backing. The fly is not durable but is extremely effective. A couple of fish will shred the fly.
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