Quite brilliant Mr Humpy!
A lekke indigenous fly
The Rooibos Caddis
The Rooibos Caddis was developed more out of boredom than anything else really. The larvae of many species of caddis flies make protective cases of silk decorated with gravel, sand, twigs or other debris. The Rooibos Caddis pattern, based on a cased caddis, will have many purists frowning because of the extra “flavour” added by the rooibos tea used for the caddis casing
Step 1
Select a long shank hook
Step 2
Add a tungsten bead, I used 3mm, and leadwrap more or less halfway down the hook shank,
Step 3
Cut a piece of green antron yarn and burn the end to create the head
Step 4
Tie in the antron yarn to create the head
Step 5
Select a suitable feather, I used Mallard, and tie in around the head
Step 6
Select small/medium chenille in a suitable colour
Tie in the chenille. At this stage the fly is already fish-able....
Step 8
Cover the chenille body with a suitable glue
Step 9
Now we add some local flavour
Step 10
Step 11
Roll the fly between your fingers making sure the tea is nice and compact. Repeat and cover with a few strands of UV Knotsense.
DONE!
Last edited by redhumpy; 02-09-13 at 02:30 PM.
Quite brilliant Mr Humpy!
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Brilliant! I can see a few other possible variations of this like a Camel Filter or Berg Twak Caddis. :tongue:
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Korrie Broos
Don't go knocking on Death's door, ring the bell and run like hell. He hates it. (anon)
Nymphing, adds depth to your fly fishing.
Nymphing, is fly fishing in another dimension
I like that quite a lot. Well done #2.
Mario Geldenhuys
Smallstream fanatic, plus I do some other things that I can't tell you about
"All the tips or magical insights in the world can't replace devotion, dedication, commitment, and gumption - and there is not secret in that" - Glenn Brackett
That's a very good fly. Long time since I have seem this kind of innovation
Disclaimer.... none of my posts are intended to be "expert advice"..just opinions from someone who is willing to help where he can.
I recall that at one stage, there was a similar design, with the tabaco form a sigarette??
Korrie Broos
Don't go knocking on Death's door, ring the bell and run like hell. He hates it. (anon)
Nymphing, adds depth to your fly fishing.
Nymphing, is fly fishing in another dimension
and on a cold day you can just plop one or two in a cup of boiling water.
Nice one Mario!
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