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Front End Loader Caddis
How do you tie a Front End Loader Caddis?
Front End Loader Caddis is a dry fly pattern for trout. Find its 9 materials and 14 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 4 of 5
- Target species
- trout
- Pattern designer
- Devin Olsen
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Materials
- Dry Fly Hook, TMC 100, sizes 14-18
- UTC Ultra Wire, Small, Gold
- Thread (6/0), Olive
- Glo Bright Floss #7
- Superfine Dubbing, Olive
- Elk Hair
- Z-Lon, Tan
- Tippet, 5X
- Flashabou, Pearl
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Tying instructions
Start thread and lay down a thread base.
Tie in three strands of Glo Bright Floss #7 at the hook bend to create a short tag.
Wrap thread forward to the front of the hook.
Tie in a short length of 5x tippet.
Tie in a strand of Micro Flashabou, Pearl on the near side of the hook.
Dub a thin body of Cahill Super Fine Dubbing, stopping a third of the way from the eye.
Wrap the pearl tinsel forward in even turns, counter-ribbing the body.
Tie off the tinsel and tippet.
Stack a generous clump of elk hair and tie it in at the front of the hook, extending slightly beyond the tag.
Wrap thread around the base of the elk hair to secure it.
Tie in a hackle feather at the front of the hook.
Wrap the hackle forward in even turns.
Tie off hackle and whip finish.
Trim excess materials.