Green Free Living Caddis Nymph Freshwater Hook : Gammagatsu size 10 caddis hook. Thread : Pale yellow 6/0. Back Color : Black marker pen. Head : String coloured yellow. Legs : Grey partridge coloured yellow. Body : Green vinyl rib over base of yellow thread. Weight : Few turns of lead wine near the hook eye.
Tying Instructions 1/ Cover shank with thread then make 5 or six turns of lead down from the hook eye and secure. 2/ Tie in vinyl rib at rear of hook. 3/ Burn one end of string to form lump for the head.. secure with wraps of thread leaving the lump just back from and under hook eye. Paint It yellow. 4/ Cut two small wedges out from the end of a partridge feather about 5 mm long. 5/ Attach on underside near hook eye with thread the bits of partridge wing to form legs. You will need to hold the wide end and tie in the steam tip ( pointy bit ). 6/ Wind vinyl rib forward to be level with the legs , now hold out both legs parallel to each other but at right angle to the hook shank and wrap between them once then past the second feather, forcing them to stick out from the shank like legs, paint them yellow with marker and fray them around a bit. 7/ Tie off at head and paint thread yellow to match plastic string head. Varnish head.
Fly Notes
Fishing Notes Usual cast to sighted trout, with no retrieve, but effective on slow figure 8 retrieve in still water. In streams cast to free drift near weed banks and the end of rocky pools where the water starts to ripple. Fishes well around fallen timber. Target species are Brown & Rainbow Trout.
Location Notes Fished around weed beds and sandy patches in lakes or in streams too.
Prey Notes Representation of a free living caddis.
Tier Grant Marshall

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