Tying Instructions: G6 Caddis Pupa

1. Scud hooks have a tight bend and slotted beads work best fitting around the bend. I am using a 7/64 Slotted Bead on a size 12 Daiichi 1120 scud hook. Utilizing a Beadmaster tool and a Bead pad, I can orient the small bead so that the slotted side is upright and I can place the hole of the bead directly on the point of the hook.
Step One
2. Attach the thread and secure the bead against the eye of the hook with thread wraps. Slotted beads do not have a large cavity to fill.
Step Two
3. Wrap a thread foundation to the bend of the hook and wrap back up to the bead.
Step Three
4. Attach a wire ribbing to the top of the hook shank behind the bead and secure with thread wraps down to the where the thread foundation ended.
Step Four
5. Wrap the thread back up to the bead and secure the strand of Holographic tinsel just behind the bead.
Step Five
6. Secure the tinsel to the top of the hook shank with thread wraps extending to the end of the thread foundation. Wrap the thread back up to the bead.
Step Six
7. Wrap the tinsel up to the bead building a tapered body. Secure the tag end of the tinsel with a couple of thread wraps behind the bead.
Step Seven
8. Clip off the tag end of the tinsel and secure with a couple more thread wraps. Next, wrap the ribbing forward with some evenly-spaced spirol wraps securing tag end behind the bead with thread wraps. Break off the tag end of the wire ribbing behind the bead..
Step Eight
9. Clip a section of fibers from a Mallard Flank, evening the tips. Place the section of fibers around the side of the hook with the tips just extending past the bend. A couple of loose wraps will orient the fibers around the hook shank and a couple of tight wraps will splay the fibers.
Step Nine
10. Clip off the tag end of the Mallard fibers as close the the bead as possible.
Step Ten
11. Wrap a few turns of the thread to secure the fibers and place another section of Mallard Flank on the other side of the hook. Again the tips should just be beyond the bend. Use two loose wraps of orient the fibers and two tight wraps to splay them.
Step Eleven
12. Trim off the tag end of the second Mallard section.
Step Twelve
13. Secure the hackle fibers with a couple of the thread wraps and apply a small amount of ice dubbing to the thread. Bring the thread over the top of the fly and push the dubbing to the base of the bead.
Step Thirteen
14. A couple of thread wraps will lock these dubbing fibers in place.
Step Fourteen
15. Use a dubbing brush to tease the fibers along the body of the fly.
Step Fifteen
16. The fibers will mix with the soft hackle flowing behind the bead to give the appearance of a shuck and legs.
Step Sixteen
17. Attach 2-3 Ostrich herls by the base of the quills just behind the bead.
Step Seventeen
18. Twist the herls to form a chenille and wrap twice for a collar. Secure with a couple of thread wraps.
Step Eighteen
19. Clip off the tag end of the Ostrich herl and whip finish place the thread wraps between the bead and the herl.
Step Nineteen
20. The finished G6 Caddis Pupa.
Step Twenty

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