Fly Tying 23 Apr 2025 – Sunken Ant, Corn Fed Caddis

Lachy is the lead and suggested two flies as he feels they are pretty quick. Various reasons led to cancellation and may come back another time.

His notes:

Sunken Ant
Hook: Dohiku 644 / Hanak 300 series / or Hanak 450 in size 14 and 16
Bead: Black nickel tungsten 2.5mm (for sz 14 hook) and 2.0mm (for sz 16)
Thread: Black 70 Denier 8/0 and Rusty Brown Uni-thread (for the brown ant version)
CDC: Brown or natural
UV Resin – thin

See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8Lhjg_Lw9U

Keyword wetfly

Corn Fed Caddis
Hook: Tiemco TMC 100/103 BL or Hanak H130 in size 12 or 14
Thread: Brown or olive 70 Denier 8/0
Shuck: Antron yarn/thread in olive or brown
Body: Tan dubbing – preferably dry fly / fine synthetic type dubbing
Wing: CDC in natural or slate dun
Post: Antron in white or preferred hi-viz colour

See https://www.flyfishfood.com/blogs/dry-fly-tutorials/corn-fed-caddis

Keyword dryfly

Folks will probably have most materials, apart from maybe the Olive Antron yarn. I have plenty and am happy to bring it along to the next meeting if folks need some, just ask them to drop me a line via the tying WhatsApp group if anyone needs any of the materials.

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