This is Mercer’s Skating October Caddis with a few minor changes to the original pattern.
Tied by Scott Patterson and photos by Scott Patterson
hook – TMC 5263 #6
thread – UTC 140 tan
rib – x-fine wire copper
underbody – Mirage Tinsel opal
body – Midge Tubing amber
body hackle – brown (undersize by 2)
thorax – Ice Dub hare’s ear
underwing – deer hair orange
overwing – Congo Hair orange
lower lip – 2mm foam tan
upper lip – 2mm foam orange
legs – small rubber orange
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- mash barb, start thread at 2/3 mark; tie in rib and wrap to bend
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- tie in tubing
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- tie in tinsel at 2/3 mark; wrap to bend, leave tag end hanging
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- wrap tubing forward to 2/3 mark; tie off/trim
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- spiral tag end of tinsel forward; tie off/trim (original used the tinsel rib to add a little flash to the pattern, but using it under the midge tubing adds enough flash to make this extraneous – next time I’ll leave this step out)
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- tie in hackle; wrap to the bend
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- capture tip with wire; continue rib thru the hackle to the 2/3 mark, helicopter end, cover with thread, trim hackle tip
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- tie in lower foam strip (gap width); wrap to eye
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- repeat with the upper
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- dub thread/dub thorax
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- clean, stack, measure (tips to bend) a clump of deer hair; trim butts/tie in
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- tie in a clump of Congo Hair, tips even with underwing; trim butts
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- tie in legs
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- cover tie in with a little more dubbing; half hitch x 2, SHHAN
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- trim legs/foam
