In this video Jay Nicholas ties a very sparse wet fly style muddler. The fly is on a heavy wire hook with a yarn body. Designed to be swung subsurface for steelhead the fly could be tied in a variety of colors for both wing and body. One could also tie this pattern in very small sizes for a trout muddler. Imagine a size 10 or 12 muddler for Cutthroat in the lower McKenzie and Willamette, deadly in Spring and Fall.–CD
Sparse Wet Fly Muddler
Hook: TMC 700 2-6
Thread: Petitjean Split Second 8/0
Body: Purple Uni-Yarn
Wing: Gold Krystal Flash
Wing/Head: Hareline Primo Deer Hair Strip
Hey, Jay……Veery Nice. – Mitch
Could this be adapted to represent an egg laying October Caddis? And, could the dry fly version be used as a skating Oct. Caddis?
Thank you Sir; yes; and absolutely yes.
Go fishin’, everyone. JN
funny, ….I remember when this pattern was called the “steelhead caddis”…..