Marabou

Tying Instructions: Scuba Caddis




	1. Attach hook to vise and lay down a thread foundation to the bend of the hook. The thread will be right over the start of the barb when hanging below this position.
	2. Blend the Hares Ear/Antron mix and apply to the thread by twisting the material wround the thread in a clockwise direction. Bring the dubbing fibers up close to the shank along the thread.
	3. Apply two wraps of the dubbed thread around the base of the shank to lock in the fibers. You can apply some additional twisting of the dubbing material around the thread to tighten the material around the thread.
	4. Wrap an abdomen. The shape should be like a bullet rather than a narrow taper. Keep the abdomen thick and even towards the front. It should cover about 2/3 of the hook shank.
	5. Attach the antennae. The length of the antennae should be about twice the hook shank. Use 4 fibers of Wood Duck Flank for sizes 12-14. Size 16 can have just two fibers. Trim off the tag end of the anntenae and secure with a few thread wraps.
	6. Dub the thread with the thorax blend of Hares Mask/Squirrel/Ice Dub. Attach the material using the same proceedure as the abdomen. You do not want the material to be too tightly wound around the thread for a shaggy appearance. Keep the initial wraps tightly up against the abdomen.
	7.Wrap a shaggy thorax leaving room behind the eye to attach the wing material.
	8. Cut three strips of Medallion Sheeting that are the width of the gape of the hook and are long enough to provide a wing that is twice as long as the hook shank. Align the strips so that they overlap each other. Attach the three strips in the middle on the near side of the shank just behind the eye. Secure with 2-3 tight thread wraps behind the eye of the hook.
	9. Bring the forward tag end of the material over the shank so the the material covers the far side of the shank in a tent shape. Secure with 2-3 thread wraps behind the eye.
	10. Trim the wings with a "Diamond" shape where the material is about twice the body length. Place a thread wrap under the antennae fibers to lift them up
	11. Bring the Antennae over the head and secure with a few thread wraps. Whip Finish. Tease out thorax fibers with a piece of velcro or bodkin.