Hook: TMC 101BL #12-14
Body: Peacock or black (shown) or olive dubbing
Hackle: Black dry fly hackle
Rib: Gold or Copper wire
Wing: Elk Hair, bleached or natural
Thread: Black 6/0

Tying Notes: with dubbing, less is more- it's much easier to add dubbing than to take it away when
you've applied too much. Start sparse, then work your way up to a comfortable look. The wire is not a
necessity, but helps reinforce the fly and will definitely prolong it's life, as little fish-teeth
have a tendancy to cut the hackle stem and unravel the fly. The wire helps keep everything together
even after multiple fish-eats. Counter-wrap the wire in the opposite direction than you wrap
the hackle, and weaving the wire back and forth will assist in avoidance of hackle-smashing.

Fishing Notes: The closer to the bushes, the better. Caddis hatches and fishing always seem to be better on high water, which ought to make this year an epic caddis year on the Yakima River. When the water is tucked up under the bushes, the fish are in there too, under cover, and the bushes is where the little caddis are hanging out, preparing for their impending mid-air orgy. When they slip and fall, you can imagine who is the beneficiary. When you can tuck your cast under overhanging shrubbery, you're in the money. Don't be afraid to twitch and skate the fly as well...the females will dabble along the surface laying eggs, so being drag-free is not necessarily a prerequisite to roping fish.