The Ultimate Dry Dropper Indicator Caddis DRY FLY Pattern // Fly tying tutorial

[@freddysflyz]

Looks like a winner and a great tutorial! I'll be trying these for my box no doubt. Thanks so much for sharing this fly!

[@joeg5414]

I had so much trouble with deer hair wings spinning around the hook. I started doing a couple of thread wraps around just the hair first, no hook, and that secures the clump together so they don't spread out around the hook. Really improved my hair wings on caddis

[@johnshand6176]

A nice variation to Devins Front End Loader which I have decided to use as my go-to pattern this season. The addition of CDC instead of the hackle tied on a rubber band looks to be a good alternative and one I will try also on those Brown Trout down-under in NZ. Thanks for the tie.

[@FlyingTies]

I don’t really think you can go wrong with any variation of Devins pattern really :)

[@elywilkinson7404]

Nice work. You took the best of both patterns and made a fly that's easier to tie and is obviously as effective as either one. I just got a new dry fly box. Looks like a couple of rows are spoken for now.

[@FlyingTies]

yeah, basically if you smash the two flies together you get this pattern :)

[@geoffreymiller5422]

I used to use mono as a ribbing material, but saw Devin use thread instead, as it is more durable than mono. I gave it a shot and am happy with it. Now all my blowtorches, etc, use thread for reinforcement instead of mono. Mono * can * take a beating from trout teeth. This is a good looking fly and quite a bit easier to tie than the two it is derived from. I’ll definitely be tying some up! 💥🥊

[@FlyingTies]

Yeah it can get beat up, I use fluorocarbon for the mono so it holds up pretty well to the teeth but nothings perfect :)

[@geoffreymiller5422]

@@FlyingTies Agreed. There’s no perfect solution and eventually they’ll get trashed. Nice tie and I look forward to fishing it this spring here in the northeast!

[@FlyingTies]

@@geoffreymiller5422 I’m sure it will kill :)

[@patricksmith7839]

I have fished this very pattern, both with the cdc wing and a deer hair wing. They are both very effective. Great video

[@FlyingTies]

Can't go wrong with it

[@Riverbugger]

Great looking fly!! Love the dry droppers!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@FlyingTies]

👍🏻

[@larrygladue3879]

Good tie. Thanks for sharing.

[@FlyingTies]

Thanks for watching!

[@adch01]

That looks fishy - gonna try to do a version with the colors I have here. Thanks for the clear demonstration! Well done & nice fish!

[@FlyingTies]

Thanks! I’m sure it will work well for you

[@jeffgoldberg6022]

Nice. Given the cdc fibres, do you use floatant on this fly?

[@FlyingTies]

Yup, sure do!

[@jeffgoldberg6022]

@@FlyingTies thanks

[@deceg5284]

Would you be able to fish a 3mm bead under this fly or would it pull it under. Nice tie🙏

[@FlyingTies]

Yeah, 3mm no problem. You can do 3.5mm if it's flat water or not a lot of break. Thanks for watching

[@rileyezzo657]

Do you ever fish unweighted nymphs on a dropper tag when nymphing, not dry dropper fishing? I'm curious about giving fish the option of a fly without a beadhead when nymphing two flies but wonder if maybe there would be an issue with contact with an unweighted fly. Also I wonder about fishing super small zebra midges on the dropper tag for this reason.

[@FlyingTies]

Couple things. I do use unweighted nymphs based on the situation, if the fish are high in the water column or if the water isn’t they deep you would want to fish a light fly. There are of course other reasons, but that’s the main one for me.

[@biggreenfish3267]

Think of John Barr's Hopper, Copper, Dropper rig where he put a Copper John and a Barr's Emerger below the dry. I use a 2.0mm beaded or glass bead head soft hackle below a traditional partridge soft hackle that is about 12 - 18 inches below my dry. I even put this under something as small as Charlie Craven's Mole Fly or Mole Midge. Been a killer this year.

[@JackTo11]

Is the hot spot actually glo brite? Cant find this color, it only comes in bright colors…

[@joeg5414]

Nice, I have so much CDC I need to start using. I ordered 4 different 3.5g bags and they sent me the order twice. I suppose a more honest person would have sent it back, but I didn't🤷‍♂ don't look a gift horse in the mouth my dad used to say. edit - I considered it. I would have had it been from a small mom and pop shop. I don't think the double order will hurt the place I ordered from. Probably never even noticed.

[@kalikasurf]

Good stuff!

[@FlyingTies]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@sewflyquilts6462]

Hey it would be really helpful if you put the recipe in the information/description or give it at the BEGINNING of your video. Thanks.

[@FlyingTies]

Thanks for the feedback 👍🏻

[@grandis3375]

Великолепная мушка

[@FlyingTies]

👍🏻

[@kennethsanders963]

not a pencil but a match stick clump of deer hair. dude.

[@FlyingTies]

🙄

[@holyworrier]

Yer camera is way too far from the fly. The ‘gap’ is actually the ‘gape’ in standard hook nomenclature.