Wedge sedge

 

This is just the simplest imitation of a snow flake caddis laying on the surface of the water. The shape and size are right for any of the small caddis and and it floats well.

Materials

Hook Thread Body
Knapek wet fly hook (the dry fly hook is too flimsy) Gray Clipped light natural deer hair (you can get several bunched from each length of deer hair or you can use up the stubble left on a patch of deer hair - each bunch only needs to be twice the length of the gape of the hook)

Process

A
  1. Tie the thread in at the bend of the hook.
  2. Make sure its secure but don't cover too much of the hook shank as the more thread there is along the hook shank the harder it will be to spin the deer hair.

B
  1. Spin deer hair along the full length of the hook shank. here I have spun 2 small bunches of deer hair in front of each other at the rear of the hook.

C
  1. This is the third of 6 bunches used fo.r this size #12 hook.
  2. Hold the bunch in place and take 2 loos wraps over the bunch and the shank of the hook.
  3. Whilst releasing your grip on the bunch of deer hair pull the thread progressively tighter so that the deer hair flares out around the shank of the hook.

D
  1. To ensure that the deer hair is locked in place take a couple of tight turns of thread through the bunch of deer hair that has just been tied in.
  2. After tying in each bunch its worth using the end of a biro or you finger nails to force the deer har back on the proceeding bunch of deer hair.
  3. Its also useful to take two tight turns of thread in front of each bunch of deer hair after it has been pressed back.

E
  1. Keep stacking deer hair along the hook shank until the hook shank is fully loaded with deer hair.
  2. Stroke the front deer hair back with your fingers and build up a neat thread head.
  3. Whip finish and varnish.

F
  1. With a sharp pair of scissors trim the spun deer hair into a wedge or wing shape.



Last Updated: March 13, 2011
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Categories: Dry flies, Emergers, Flies
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