Ice Wing Caddis

Materials

How to Tie the Ice Wing Caddis

1. 1

   Step 1

   Mount the hook and start the GSP thread on the shank, leaving room behind the eye for the deer hair.

   Thin GSP can cut through deer hair and foam, so watch your tension.

2. 2

   Step 2

   Tie in the olive tubing at the front of the body area and bind it down along the shank into the bend. Return the thread to the front of the body.

3. 3

   Step 3

   Tie in the pearl tinsel the same way, on top of the tubing.

4. 4

   Step 4

   Wrap the tinsel forward as a flat underbody, then tie it off and trim it.

5. 5

   Step 5

   Wind the tubing forward over the tinsel to the thread. Tie it off and trim it.

6. 6

   Step 6

   Pull a small tuft of Ice Dub and tie it on top just ahead of the body so the fibers sweep back over the abdomen. Trim it to length with scissors.

   For rough water, add a small CDC underwing between the Ice Dub and the deer hair.

7. 7

   Step 7

   Cut a bunch of comparadun deer hair and even the tips in a midge hair stacker.

8. 8

   Step 8

   Pick up the stacked hair in a CDC multi-clamp.

9. 9

   Step 9

   Untwist the thread and open it with a thread splitter.

10. 10

    Step 10

    Set the hair into the split thread so it sits across the thread, then release the clamp.

11. 11

    Step 11

    Spin the bobbin to twist the thread and lock the hair in place. The hair flares into a brush around the thread.

12. 12

    Step 12

    Wrap the hair brush forward around the shank like a hackle, stroking the fibers back as you go. Stop just behind the eye.

13. 13

    Step 13

    Whip finish at the eye.

14. 14

    Step 14

    Clip the underside and any stray hair with scissors to shape the head, leaving the wing fibers long on top.