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When a caddis fly hatches it rises to the surface of the water, shedding its nest and shuck as it breaks through the surface tension of the water so as to reveal its wings. Caddis flies often use surface movement caused by wind and currents to assist in this process.  Fortunately they break through the surface quickly and appear to be able to fly straight away without waiting more than a moment for their wings to dry and more often than not you will see trout “proposing” out of the water to take these quickly emerging Caddis flies. Often you will find that the timing of a hatch a coincide with warmer evenings with just a little breeze. These conditions help the nymph shed its nest and shuck and allow the wings to dry quickly.

As the name implies this fly is a representation of that stage in the emergence when the shuck is still attached but the wing is open. With both of these elements intact the fly is obvious to both those fish that are taking just below and above the surface of the water.

A good fishing tip for this fly is to hold the trailing shuck and body between your fingers when applying floatant so that when the fly is fished the trailing shuck and body still sink into or below the film. You can even add sink to the shuck to make sure it sinks.

Materials

Process

A	Starting at the eye of the hook wind the thread in touching turns to the bend of the hook. Tie in inn a bunch of UV dubbing  to represent the trailing shuck. The trailing shuck should extend a distance roughly equal to 2/3 the length of the hook. Tie in a length of floss for the ribbing.

B	Dub on a thin body of seals fur. Single strand dubbing Wind the floss along the body forming 4 or 5 segments. Segments on flies Tie the floss off and trim the excess.

C	Tie in a hackle by the butt at about the 75% position. Dry fly hackle

D	Tie in a "down wing" of deer hair directly in front of the front body leaving the but ends projecting forward. Tying deer hair down wings Trim the butt ends off directly above the tip of the eye of the hook.

E	Wind the hackle 4 or 5 times around the tie in position for the down wing. Tie the hackle off and trim the hackle butt. Take the thread forward under the butt section of the down wing. Build up a neat head of thread, whip finish and varnish.

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