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Finishing the Steelie
After selecting and tying in the body
material, two steps remain for the caddis.
Select a hen feather to palmer around as leg
materials. With the curved feather facing
away from the hook eye, two wraps simulate
the caddis emerging out of its case. Then, add
some dubbing material or angora yarn fibers
to place behind the beadhead. If available, I
prefer Black Peacock Ice Dubbing for the head.
Matt Supinski, in his book Steelhead Dreams,
offers tying with ostrich or peacock herl as an
alternative to the black dubbing. This final step
of tying in a dark head simulates the caddis
sucking on an egg.
Fishing the Steelie Caddis
Pull the Steelie Caddis pattern out of the fly
box in high water or off-color situations. Add
enough weight to the fly to reach the fish along
Bead size rulers and sizing charts will help young tiers match the bead with
the bottom. In John Nagy's Steelhead Guide, he
the hook.
suggests that fly brightness is more important
than the color, so consider this when you are
fishing it in varying winter weather and water conditions.
dubbing sparingly and adding it in as needed.
Another option is to drop an egg or smaller nymph pattern
off of the bend and fish it tandem-style. I drift the fly
Version 3-vinyl ribbing (V-Rib)
through deep channels with a long leader 90% of the time.
Plastic tubing may also be used as a substitute for the
The other 10% of the time, I will twitch it to induce a strike.
caddis body. Tying with a vinyl ribbing product produces
Try some variations of the Steelie Caddis on the tying
a segmented and uniformed profile. Children may have a
vise with your young tier this steelhead season.
difficult time getting started with the plastic tubing. Have
them start by tying in the tip of the ribbing near the eye
and wrapping the thread over it down to the bend. This
Steelie Caddis
will provide a landing base for them to easily wrap the
V-Rib around.
Hook: Heavy Wire Scud #10-14
Weight: Orange or gold beadhead 1/8-inch
or 5/32-inch
Thread: Black 6/0
Body: Chartreuse Diamond Braid, V-Rib, or green
caddis dubbing
Hackle: Brown hen feather
Head: Black angora, Black Peacock Ice Dubbing, or
ostrich herl
Fly Tying Beadhead Sizing Chart
Bead size
Trout crave this pattern since it contains a fluorescent green
body, black head, and bright egg beadhead, similar to a
caddisfly clinging to an egg.
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Hook size
5/64" (2.0 mm)
#16-20
3/32" (2.4 mm)
#14-18
7/64" (2.8 mm)
#12-16
1/8" (3.2 mm)
#10-14
5/32" (4.0 mm)
#8-12
3/16" (4.6 mm)
#6-10
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