Hatching Rackelhanen

Hatching Rackelhanen

Fly Materials

Tail Polypropylene yarn (color to match your local caddis population and burned to shape with wing burner)
Body Polypropylene yarn (color to match your local caddis population tied fluffy)

Tying Instructions

Instructions Note
This fly is a
variant of the Rackelhane fly and imitates a hatching caddis.










Instructions





 













1.
Start with a piece of beige polypropylene yarn.  Burn one end of the piece
so it looks like the one on the picture.  And tie it on the shank.










2. Dub the thread with medium brown polypropylene yarn - 10 mm long cut pieces
of polyyarn that you have mixed together and fluffed up.










3. Form a back body.  Make sure that the body is "airy," not
compact.  Leave 1/3 of the shank length free for wing and front body.





 





4.
Tie in a piece of Grey polypropylene yarn, spread it sideways, should be fairly
wide.










5. Dub the thread again with medium brown polypropylene yarn - 10 mm long cut
pieces of polyyarn that you have mixed together and fluffed up.













6. Form a mid
body.  Make sure that the body is "airy," not compact.





 





7.
Fold the Grey piece of poly yarn forwards and spread it sideways, should be
fairly wide.  Tie it on the shank, leaving a room for the head.





 





8.
Again, dub the thread with medium brown polypropylene yarn - 10 mm long cut
pieces of polyyarn that you have mixed together and fluffed up.  Form a
front body/head.  Finish with one or two whip finish knots.





 





Remember
to impregnate only the wing before fishing, otherwise the fly will float too
high in the water.





Polypropylene yarn (color to match your local caddis population tied fluffy)

 
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