Today’s Tying Tuesday includes 4 frizzy flies that use a range of dubbings, hairs, and plumes. We kick things off with a caddisfly pattern from McFly Angler that sports turkey-slip wings to accomplish a natural profile and a white parachute post for presence. Next, Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions provides a Driftless Location classic: John Bethke’s Pink Squirrel … however with a twist.
If you dig little Woolly Buggers, you’re going to like Shawn Holsinger’s cool variation with a CDC body. Lastly, Collin Morrill of Strike-Zone Fly Fishing shows how to connect a killer pattern produced by the late Flip Pallot, developed to capture backcountry redfish, snook, and tarpon.
Schroeder’s Parachute Caddis
Hook: Barbless dry-fly hook, size 14.
Thread: Olive Veevus, 10/0.
Post: Calf body hair, cleaned up and stacked
Abdominal Area: Olive dubbing.
Wing: Cinnamon Pointer turkey tail slip.
Resin: Solarez Flex Solution.
Hackle: Grizzly saddle hackle.
Thorax: Olive dubbing.
Adhesive: Solarez Ultra Thin.
Tools: Little stacker, razor blade.
Pink Squirrel Alternative
Hook: Scud/pupa hook (here, a Dai-Riki # 135), sizes 12 through 18.
Bead: Gold tungsten bead, 3/32-inch.
Thread: Black or brilliant pink, 8/0 or 70-denier.
Rib: Red Ultra Wire, little.
Adhesive # 1: Calling Wax.
Body: Tan Antron, natural fox-squirrel, and olive Ice Dub blended in a 4:2:1 ratio.
Thorax: Pink Ultra Chenille, micro.
Adhesive # 2: Head cement (here, Sally Hansen Hard-As-Nails).
Tools: Plunger-style hackle pliers, calling try, whip-finisher.
CDC Mini Bugger
Hook: Barbless jig hook (here an HFS Jig Hook), size 10.
Bead: Copper t ungsten slotted bead, 4.0 mm
Thread: Brown, 6/0 or 140-denier.
Tail: Brown marabou.
Body: Brown Fulling Mill CDC calling.
Tools: Calling brush.
Flip Pallot’s “Bushwood”
Hook: Gamakatsu L11S-3H, size 4.
Thread: Brown, 3/0 or 210-denier.
Eyes: Black bead-chain eyes, x-large.
Tail: Natural Golden Badger neck hackle.
Flash: Gold Krystal Flash and Bronze Flashabou.
Body: Black bear hair.
Collar: Connecting thread.
Weedguard: Tough monofilament.
Head: Connecting thread.
Adhesive: Head cement (here Hareline Hard as Hull Penetrator).
