Fly Fishing the Sierra

Tying Instructions: Light Cahill Wet




	1. Flatten the barb with the vise and attach the hook to the vise.
	2.Secure the thread a couple eye lengths behind the eye.
	3. Select a bundle of Mallard Flank barbs, check for broken tips, and make certain the tips are even.
	4. The length of the tail should be about 3/4 the shank length.
	5. Secure the bundle to the top of the hook shank at the midpoint of the shank.
	6. Wrap back to the bend of the hook with the bundle of barbs firmly on top of the hook shank. Trim off the tag end of the bundle and wrap back to the midpoint of the shank.
	7. Dub the thread with the Superfine dry fly dubbing. Dub sparsely, we want a tapered body. Twist the dubbing around the thread for a firm noodle.
	8. Wrap the thread back to the bend of the hook to start the dubbed body.
	9. Wrap forward creating a tapered body finishing about two eye lengths behind the eye.
	10. Select a hen neck hackle with a rounded tip. Prepare the hackle by removing the lower fluffy barbs.
	11. Preen back the barbs to where you want to start the hackle wrap. The length of the barbs should be about the same as the hook shank length.
	12. Groom the barbs back with your thumb and index finger so that they are on the same plane.
	13. Attach the hackle at the base of the tip you created when you preened back the barbs. Trim off the tip tag behind the eye.
	14. Wrap the hackle at the base of the body with touching wraps so that the hackles do not overlap. You can adjust the number of wraps to determine the bulk you desire.
	15. Secure the hackle with thread wraps behind the eye.
	16. Select a bundle of barbs keeping the tips even.
	17. Place the bundle on top of the hook shank behind the eye and up against the base of the collar hackle. With a couple of tight wraps, anchor the hackle to the top of the hook shank just in front of the collar hackle.
	18. If you desire a substantial wing, place a second bundle of fibers.
	19. Provide some tight thread wraps to the base of the wing hackle behind the eye and trim off the tag ends.
	20. Wrap a thread head behind the eye and whip finish. Apply a drop of head cement to the head.
	21. The finished Light Cahill, wet version.