Double Magic Caddis....

Moderators: William Anderson, letumgo

Post Reply
Johnno
Posts: 753
Joined: Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:09 pm
Location: Nelson New Zealand

Double Magic Caddis....

Post by Johnno » Sat Feb 01, 2020 12:36 am

DCE0361E-0317-47EB-BD00-B5257540613F.jpeg
DCE0361E-0317-47EB-BD00-B5257540613F.jpeg (175.04 KiB) Viewed 2363 times
Another “Double Magic” fly

This has a peacock herl body wrapped with an olive Antron mix touch dubbed loop....
Pheasant hackle.
User avatar
Roadkill
Posts: 2479
Joined: Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:09 am
Location: Oregon

Re: Double Magic Caddis....

Post by Roadkill » Sat Feb 01, 2020 1:04 am

Beautiful fly! I will have to try a few variations. 8-)
Mike62
Posts: 1043
Joined: Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:50 pm
Location: Northern Maine

Re: Double Magic Caddis....

Post by Mike62 » Sat Feb 01, 2020 6:41 am

I really like the peacock/antron idea. Thanks for sharing that.
User avatar
letumgo
Site Admin
Posts: 13345
Joined: Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:55 pm
Location: Buffalo, New York
Contact:

Re: Double Magic Caddis....

Post by letumgo » Sat Feb 01, 2020 8:18 am

Magically delicious! :D

Inspiring. Thank you for sharing examples of the “double magic” patterns.

Good stuff!
Ray (letumgo)----<°))))))><
http://www.flytyingforum.com/index.php? ... er=letumgo

"The world is perfect. Appreciate the details." - Dean
RickA
Posts: 312
Joined: Fri Dec 28, 2018 10:43 am
Location: Hancock NY

Re: Double Magic Caddis....

Post by RickA » Sat Feb 01, 2020 9:45 am

Very nice, John.

Although this is for an emerger, the video demonstrates a cool way to
create a herl brush in a dubbed loop. I have not tried it with a soft dubbing
but it works great with rabbit foot and squirrel.



...and Happy Birthday!
User avatar
redsedge
Posts: 169
Joined: Sat Apr 24, 2010 7:52 am
Location: Longmont

Re: Double Magic Caddis....

Post by redsedge » Sat Feb 01, 2020 1:18 pm

letumgo wrote: Sat Feb 01, 2020 8:18 am Magically delicious! :D

Inspiring. Thank you for sharing examples of the “double magic” patterns.

Good stuff!
Couldn't agree more! Thanks for this, Johnno
Johnno
Posts: 753
Joined: Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:09 pm
Location: Nelson New Zealand

Re: Double Magic Caddis....

Post by Johnno » Sat Feb 01, 2020 3:32 pm

Yup Rick that’s pretty much the technique.

Although I use less dubbing in the touch dub than he does in the video.

Gary LaFontaine came up with the technique way way back and it was coined “Double Magic” because it had the magic of herl and the magic of sparkle yarn sparse dubbing. He was a great advocate of sparkle yarn and was the dubbing material he used the most of in these style of flies..

Gary’s book - “Trout flies - Proven Patterns” has flies in this technique. Page 102 Twist Nymph for eg.
The Beatty’s book “LaFontaine’s Legacy” also has reference to the technique. Page 15 BH Peacock twist nymph for eg

You can use a variety of herl, and even wool, yarn etc.

Try a Prince Nymph with some sparse dark green antron in the loop....
Post Reply