(1) From the creative mind of Clark "Cheech" Pierce comes the Ice Wing Caddis; which, has been a superb pattern for early season when the water is high and a little dirty for me. Consider tying a few with an over-sized bead to bounce the bottom, if needed.
(2) Use as an anchor fly. You'll find most of your strikes come near the end of your drift as the fly rises. My favorite dropper is a soft hackle.
(3) Although not necessary I tie a little taper before wrapping the body materials for a more robust look.
(4) The pearl mylar will provide brilliancy through the midge tubing for an unique effect.
(5) The Ice Dubbing fibers for the wing can be slightly straightened if desired. Roll the fibers between your fingers, wet, repeat and then slightly pull fibers.
(6) After the wing is tied in place use the "pinch/pull method" to ensure the length is just beyond the bend of the hook. Do not cut with scissors as this looks unnatural.
(7) The collar is spun in a dubbing loop utilizing the "split thread method."
(8) You can watch Cheech tied his Ice Wing Caddis below!
Materials:
Hook: Fulling Mill Czech Nymph or any curved nymph hook. Sizes 10-16. (Size 12 pictured.)
Bead: Appropriate size copper (color) tungsten or brass bead. A glass bead in metallic bronze works surprisingly well.
Thread: UTC70, Olive.
Underbody: Veevus (or choice) pearl mylar.
Body: Hareline Midge Tubing, Olive
Wing: Ice Dubbing, Olive Brown
Thorax: Very small amount of Ice Dubbing in olive brown to cover thread wraps.
Collar: Arizona Synthetic Dubbing, Dark Hare's Ear
No credit given to the original creator of the pattern?
ReplyDeleteI'd be happy to give credit if I could ascertain the originator. It is certainly warranted. Unfortunately, in this day and age of the internet, it could be a handful of people based upon the research conducted. Frankly, I have a hard time believing anything on the internet... This leaves me in the position of damn if I do, damned if I don't. And I would rather error on the side of caution to leave any possibility of being wrong out of the equation. With that being written, of the several blogs and websites I have owned in the past, most originators happily contact me and share additional information or advice about their pattern. Factually, every one of the originators have been very pleased that I have shared their patterns. In turn, I have immediately posted the information received including websites and/or guide services. public view.
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ReplyDeleteThroughout the history of fly tying/fishing the word "originator" or "originated" has been loosely used to the point where the history of a pattern or style of fishing has become blurred. A perfect example of this is none other than the Prince Nymph. While widely published as a Doug Prince pattern and/or originator of the pattern it wasn't him the devised (originated) the pattern. In fact, the name of the fly is a Brown Forked-tail. This is only one example of several hundreds, if not well into a thousand. Yet another example is the fact we now call substituting one or more materials "tweeking the pattern" where as four or five decades (when I started fly fishing) or so this would have been an entirely different pattern from the original. One only has to do research in yesteryear's publications and compare "now and then" to come to this conclusion. To debate this I could have easily "tweeked" the synthetic hare's ear with natural hare's ear and subtracted the Ice Dubbing with the European equivalent (which is a finer material). Is it still an "Ice Wing" or is it a "Fine Flash Wing?" However, I remained true to the recipe to the best of my knowledge.
The whole purpose of this blog is sharing and learning. If this blog was anything remotely close to monetary gain there would be advertising all over the place as well as personal website links. Frankly, my days of commercial tying are well behind me!
For the two years this blog has been operating there hasn't been one complaint until today- 39 to be exact! Let me briefly touch upon the pictures/articles or pages I post. A lot of effort goes into every fly/article posted. Whether finding the originator, editing photos, typing, "freely" sharing my experiences on the water or the set up itself is very time consuming. Let me repeat I FREELY SHARE this material. There is nothing to gain other than knowing someone is learning something new. This passion is very near and dear to my heart.
I find it very disconcerting to have to answer numerous complaints, containing mostly immature and disparaging remarks about an article; which, doesn't contain anything of me claiming originality of this pattern from my fellow anglers. (I am leaving it posted as is for the world to see.) If people took the time to go through many of the pages they would have found that credit was given when due. Well my mom taught me to look both ways before crossing the street... it's great advice for numerous scenarios! If I didn't know an answer I gave a brief explanation of where I found the pattern or it was left out entirely. If this was the case I gave my experiences or recommendations for fishing. Many of the patterns are mine prefaced with "JAB's."
My gut tells me people are mistaking the watermark on the photo for "claiming originality." I shouldn't have to explain watermarking a photo. However, it is common practice to watermark the photo to protect the photographer's work and not necessarily the contents within the photo- as in this case. This keeps my pictures from finding it's way on someone else's website. Watermarking doesn't have to have the words "copyright" or the "@" symbol to be protected. My name is more than sufficient and the "SST Flies" is a clever way of me having people search for the blog.
I have to question the motives and morale compass of individual that started this train wreck on social media... With 39 complaints I also question the humanity of my fellow anglers. Forty plus years ago I would have never guessed we would have come to this.. Unlike me not positively knowing the originator and intentionally leaving his/her name out to protect me from shame, perhaps some individuals should at least do a little research before posting and showing the world their true colors.
This is my pattern, that's why I asked the question. I originally filmed it in September of 2014 and it's now a contract pattern with Fulling Mill. https://youtu.be/-e-JdrkGb8c
ReplyDeleteClark (Cheech), Thank you for the response and the civility! As mentioned earlier I had some troubles ascertaining the originator. No harm intended... only sharing your awesome pattern. I have added the YouTube link to the page.
DeleteDo you have anything to add e.g., fishing techniques or methods, timings, etc?
Congrats on the contract!
Where did you get this material list ??
ReplyDeleteThank you for six of the most immature comments I have ever received! It's hard to tell if you are 12-years old or quite possibly an adult. I do give you an A+ for creativity!
DeleteMy English professor once told me years ago, "You can certainly tell a lot about a person by the way he or she writes." So Kelly, do you want me to post all your comments or do you want to still claim censorship? At this point, I doubt you realize I am saving you some embarrassment.
I would also ask if you get this upset when someone posts a picture of an Adams dry fly, Copper John, a Bugger, Muddler, X Caddis, ectetera? Do you go around to all the blogs or forums and complain? Or do you have a hard on for me? Perhaps you should take a few minutes and read my comments above. It sheds a lot of light on the subject. If you insist that I was wrong Google has procedures for reporting the page; which. would have been the adult way of handling your concerns. Rest assured I have already taken the pleasure of reporting you and your childish attempts. Please look up defamatory...
Lastly, I will pass on a heartfelt thank you for your efforts and bringing to light the SST Blog. The pages hits keep coming!