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Caddis Candy
How do you tie a Caddis Candy?
Caddis Candy is a nymph fly pattern for trout. Find its 5 materials and 19 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 2 of 5
- Target species
- trout
- Pattern designer
- Jeremy Hamilton
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At the vise
Materials
- Hook: Daichi 1150 heavy wide-gape hook, size 16
- Thread: UTC 70 denier brown thread
- Rib: Copper wire
- Body: Glamour Madeira
- Shellback: Olive tubing
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Tying instructions
Secure the hook in the vise.
Start the thread behind the eye and wrap back to the bend.
Tie in the copper wire for the rib on the near side of the hook.
Wrap the thread back down the hook bend to where you want to stop.
Cut a piece of olive tubing at an angle.
Tie in the tubing with the angled cut facing down.
Wrap the thread forward to where you stopped the wire.
Tie in the Glamour Madeira for the body.
Wrap the thread back to the bend to create an underbody.
Wrap the Glamour Madeira forward to create the body.
Tie off the Glamour Madeira and clip the excess.
Wrap the thread back down to secure the body.
Pull the olive tubing over the top of the fly.
Secure the tubing with thread wraps.
Pull the tubing tight, stretch it, and clip the excess.
Wrap the copper wire forward in segments to create the rib.
Tie off the copper wire and helicopter off the excess.
Make a nice clean head with the thread.
Whip finish and clip the thread.